Carter announces return to Texas Tech for 2025 season
January 03, 2025 | Football
Carter ranked among the top offensive guards in the FBS this past season with an 87.5 pass blocking grade
LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech senior offensive lineman Davion Carter announced Friday he will utilize an extra season of eligibility to return to the Red Raiders for the 2025 season.
Carter, who was one of the nation's best pass-protecting guards this season, received an extra year of eligibility via an NCAA blanket waiver for all student-athletes who previously competed at a non-NCAA school for one or more years and would have otherwise exhausted their NCAA eligibility following the 2024 season.
The 2024 season marked Carter's first as a Red Raider after transferring to Texas Tech following two seasons at Memphis. Carter previously played two seasons at the junior college level at Northwest Mississippi Community College in 2020-21 prior to signing with Memphis.
Carter started in 12 of 13 games this past season at right guard, helping lead the Red Raiders to an 8-5 record and an appearance in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. He finished the season with an 87.5 grade as a pass blocker by Pro Football Focus, which led the team and currently ranks tied for ninth among offensive guards nationally. The website credited Carter with only two sacks surrendered in 483 opportunities this season as he ranks tied for 24th nationally among all offensive linemen.
Carter has allowed only three sacks in his three seasons at the FBS level as PFF has ranked him among the nation's top pass blockers annually. He previously received an 82.6 overall grade for the 2023 season at Memphis, which ranked seventh in the FBS among offensive guards and second in the American Athletic Conference.
Texas Tech is slated to return three offensive linemen with significant starting experience next season as Carter joins center Sheridan Wilson and left guard Vinny Sciury. Wilson started all 13 games for the Red Raiders as a sophomore this season, while Sciury was forced to redshirt after suffering a season-ending injury at Washington State. He arrived at Texas Tech with similar experience as Carter, having started in 33-consecutive games previously at Toledo.
