Kent Carter

Kent Carter (born May 25, 1950) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL) and the Ottawa Rough Riders, Edmonton Eskimos, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the USC Trojans.

College career Carter played college football at the University of Southern California. He joined the Trojans for his junior year after playing for Los Angeles City College. Los Angeles Times staff writer Jeff Prugh described him as "quick" and "hard-hitting." He played his first games for the Trojans at the end of his junior year and then started for most of the first half of his senior year before being relegated to the bench for the latter part of his senior year.

The Patriots signed Carter in March 1974. He injured his knee during training camp and required surgery to repair it, and was placed on injured reserve. He was reactivated in December 1974 and played in two games for the Patriots – on December 1 against the Oakland Raiders and on December 15 against the Miami Dolphins. He was credited with half a sack in those games. Before the 1976 season he was acquired by the Eskimos. The Tiger-Cats acquired him from the Eskimos in October 1976. He played in 4 games for the Eskimos and 3 games for the Tiger-Cats in 1976.

In 1978 he was signed by the Toronto Argonauts for a 5 day trial, but released after dressing for 2 games, and then was re-signed with Hamilton on a 5 day trial when Ray Nettles was injured but did not appear in any games. In 1979 he signed with the Toronto Grizzlies of the Mid-Atlantic Football League. He had played a total of 26 games in the CFL.