2009 Football Roster
Roster
Delone Carter
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Copley, OH
- High School:
- Copley Senior
At SU: Three letters … Ranks 19th on Syracuse's career rushing leaders list (1,871 yards) … One of four true freshmen to play in 2006 … Dislocated his hip during 2007 Spring practice and missed all of 2007 season.
Senior Year (2009): Played in all 12 games, including 11 starts … Phil Steele All-BIG EAST Third Team selection … Finished 43rd nationally in rushing yards per game (85.08) … His 11 touchdowns ties for 10th and his 236 carries is seventh on SU single-season record lists … Against Minnesota, had a career-high 23 carries for 88 yards and a touchdown … First touchdown since scored four times in a 40-34 win against Wyoming on September 30, 2006 … At Penn State, rushed for 40 yards on 15 carries, and recorded one catch for nine yards … Against Northwestern, had two receptions for 20 yards … Against Northwestern, gained 84 yards on 18 carries to became the 39th player in Syracuse football history to reach 1,000 rushing yards … Against Maine, earned BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll recognition with 72 yards on 19 carries and three touchdowns, and also caught two passes for 23 yards and had first career receiving touchdown … Four touchdowns against Maine is tied for most by an individual in the BIG EAST this season, while three rushing touchdowns ties for fourth on the Syracuse single-game record list … Against South Florida, rushed 43 yards on 13 carries … Against West Virginia, gained 33 yards on 12 carries… Against Akron, rushed for a career-high 170 yards on 30 carries, including a 53-yard run, for a career-high-tying three rushing touchdowns, which ties for fourth on the SU single-game record list … His 170 rushing yards against Akron is the fifth highest rushing performance in the BIG EAST this season and earned him BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll recognition … the first Syracuse player to run for 150-plus yards or carry the ball 30-plus times since Curtis Brinkley rushed for 166 yards on 33 caries against Louisville in 2008 … He was the first to carry the ball 30-plus times since Brinkley did so against Louisville in 2008 … Against Cincinnati, he ran for 50 yards on 19 carries … At Pittsburgh, broke off a career-long 58-yard run and finished with 143 rushing yards for his fourth 100-yards rushing game of his career and his second this season, earning his third BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll recognition this season … He also had one 22-yard reception… At Louisville, he rushed 129 yards on 28 carries and had one catch for 15 yards … Against Rutgers, he rushed for 67 yards on 22 carries and recorded his 10th touchdown of the season … At Connecticut, he had 20 carries for 104 yards and one touchdown, and had one reception for six yards.
Junior Year (2008): Played in five games … At Northwestern, had six carries for 45 yards (7.5 yards per carry)… Against Akron, gained 88 yards on 12 carries … Against Penn state, had three carries for six yards before leaving the game with an injured hamstring … Against South Florida, returned from a hamstring injury against Penn State … Against Connecticut, had two carries.
Sophomore Year (2007): Did not play in any games.
Freshman Year (2006): Sporting News Freshman All-American and Freshman All-BIG EAST selection … His 713 yards, on 156 carries, ranks second in school history for rushing yards by a freshman (Joe Morris, 1,001 rushing yards in 1978) … The first freshman to lead Syracuse in rushing since Morris in 1978 … Averaged 59.4 rushing yards per game, the 11th-best mark by a freshman in the NCAA and the fifth-highest by a true freshman that season … One of 40 players to play in all 12 games … At Wake Forest, had five carries for nine yards in his first collegiate game … Against Iowa, had five carries for five yards … At Illinois, had 18 rushes for 63 yards … Against Miami (OH), gained 71 yards on 11 carries … Against Wyoming, earned BIG EAST Honor Roll recognition after scoring four touchdowns in a double overtime win … Had 20 carries and gained a career-best 129 yards … His four touchdowns and 24 points tied for the most by a BIG EAST player in 2006 … He rushed for all of SU’s 50 yards and two touchdowns in overtime and he became the sixth player in school history to rush for four touchdowns in a single game … His 129 rushing yards are the most in school history by a true freshman in a single game (94 yards, Damien Rhodes, 2003) … Against Pittsburgh, gained 57 yards on 16 carries and caught two passes for 22 yards … At West Virginia, carried 13 times for 58 yards and had one reception for four yards … Against Louisville, gained 13 yards on nine carries … At Cincinnati, rushed a career-high 21 times, gaining 85 yards, and caught two passes for nine yards … At South Florida, had 12 carries for 86 yards, including a season-long 47-yard run … Against Connecticut, gained 115 yards on 16 carries and caught two passes for 12 yards … At Rutgers, rushed nine times for 25 yards and caught one pass for two yards.
High School: SuperPrep All-American … Ranked the No. 29 prospect in Ohio and 55th-best running back in the country by Rivals.com … Ranked the 25th-best running back in the nation and 29th-best prospect in the Midwest by SuperPrep … Earned 2005 Ohio Mr. Football honors … Named Sports Person of the Year by the Dapper Dan Sports Club of Akron … Unanimous choice for The Plain Dealer’s Offensive Player of the Year in Summit, Medina, and Portage counties … As a senior, led the state of Ohio with 2,788 rushing yards and 49 touchdowns … In two seasons at Copley, he ran for 5,291 yards and 77 touchdowns on 619 carries, an average of 8.55 yards per rush for coach was Dan Boarman … Recruited by former assistant coach Steve Russ.
Personal: Delone M. Carter … Born in June 1987 in Akron, Ohio … Son of Robert White and April Carter-White … Majoring and child and family studies.
