2019 Football Roster
Roster
Jersey Number 3
McLane Carter
- Position:
- QB
- Class:
- Senior
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 225
- Hometown:
- Gilmer, Texas
- High School:
- Gilmer
- Prev School:
- Texas Tech
2018 Academic All-Big 12
2019 (Redshirt Senior): Started the first two games at quarterback ... had six completions in start at No. 20 Iowa (9/7) ... completed 21 passes for 340 yards and two touchdowns in Rutgers debut against Massachusetts (8/30) ... passing yards were the most by a Scarlet Knight quarterback in first start for the team since 1997 and most ever by a left-handed Rutgers quarterback ... first left-handed quarterback to start a game for Rutgers since 1996 ... joined program in the summer and named starter for season opener.
2018 (Redshirt Junior at Texas Tech): Played in five games with two starts at quarterback … named Academic All-Big 12 (11/15) … went 28-for-51 passing for 318 yards and two touchdowns on the season … started the season opener against Ole Miss (9/1) and completed four passes for 49 yards before leaving due to injury … returned to the field at TCU (10/11) and went 2-for-3 in a series off the bench … also appeared in relief versus Texas (11/10) and at Kansas State (11/17) … earned the start in season finale against Baylor (11/24) and went 21-for-37 for 247 yards and a pair of touchdown passes.
2017 (Redshirt Sophomore at Texas Tech): Appeared in four games with one start at quarterback … ended the year 23-of-46 overall for 359 yards and two touchdowns passes … made Texas Tech debut in season opener against Eastern Washington (9/2), completing all three passes for 49 yards and a touchdown … posted another 3-for-3 passing performance at Kansas (10/7), totaling 57 yards through the air and a touchdown … came on late versus TCU (11/18) and passed for 16 yards … earned his first career start to close the regular season in win over Texas (11/24) … finished 16-of-37 for 237 yards while also rushing nine times in the come-from-behind victory.
2016 (Redshirt Freshman at Tyler JC): Threw for 3,226 yards and 30 touchdowns in just nine games ... recorded at least 300 yards in seven-straight games at one point during the season … breakout game came against Navarro, throwing for 578 yards on 39 completions with six touchdowns … earned Conference MVP and Offensive MVP honors ... consensus three-star prospect via Rivals, 247Sports, Scout and ESPN ... tabbed as the No. 6 JUCO pro-style quarterback in the nation, according to 247Sports.
2015 (Freshman at Incarnate Word): Did not see game action ... redshirted.
Prior to College: Attended Gilmer High School in Gilmer, Texas ... completed 220-of-297 attempts (74 percent) for 3,969 yards with 47 touchdowns and only two interceptions despite sitting sizable portions of the second half in blowouts as a senior ... led the Buckeyes to a 16-0 record in 2014, culminating in the Class 4A Division II State Championship.
Personal: Earned undergraduate degree in university studies from Texas Tech … enrolled in the labor studies and employment relations master’s program at Rutgers.
2019 (Redshirt Senior): Started the first two games at quarterback ... had six completions in start at No. 20 Iowa (9/7) ... completed 21 passes for 340 yards and two touchdowns in Rutgers debut against Massachusetts (8/30) ... passing yards were the most by a Scarlet Knight quarterback in first start for the team since 1997 and most ever by a left-handed Rutgers quarterback ... first left-handed quarterback to start a game for Rutgers since 1996 ... joined program in the summer and named starter for season opener.
2018 (Redshirt Junior at Texas Tech): Played in five games with two starts at quarterback … named Academic All-Big 12 (11/15) … went 28-for-51 passing for 318 yards and two touchdowns on the season … started the season opener against Ole Miss (9/1) and completed four passes for 49 yards before leaving due to injury … returned to the field at TCU (10/11) and went 2-for-3 in a series off the bench … also appeared in relief versus Texas (11/10) and at Kansas State (11/17) … earned the start in season finale against Baylor (11/24) and went 21-for-37 for 247 yards and a pair of touchdown passes.
2017 (Redshirt Sophomore at Texas Tech): Appeared in four games with one start at quarterback … ended the year 23-of-46 overall for 359 yards and two touchdowns passes … made Texas Tech debut in season opener against Eastern Washington (9/2), completing all three passes for 49 yards and a touchdown … posted another 3-for-3 passing performance at Kansas (10/7), totaling 57 yards through the air and a touchdown … came on late versus TCU (11/18) and passed for 16 yards … earned his first career start to close the regular season in win over Texas (11/24) … finished 16-of-37 for 237 yards while also rushing nine times in the come-from-behind victory.
2016 (Redshirt Freshman at Tyler JC): Threw for 3,226 yards and 30 touchdowns in just nine games ... recorded at least 300 yards in seven-straight games at one point during the season … breakout game came against Navarro, throwing for 578 yards on 39 completions with six touchdowns … earned Conference MVP and Offensive MVP honors ... consensus three-star prospect via Rivals, 247Sports, Scout and ESPN ... tabbed as the No. 6 JUCO pro-style quarterback in the nation, according to 247Sports.
2015 (Freshman at Incarnate Word): Did not see game action ... redshirted.
Prior to College: Attended Gilmer High School in Gilmer, Texas ... completed 220-of-297 attempts (74 percent) for 3,969 yards with 47 touchdowns and only two interceptions despite sitting sizable portions of the second half in blowouts as a senior ... led the Buckeyes to a 16-0 record in 2014, culminating in the Class 4A Division II State Championship.
Personal: Earned undergraduate degree in university studies from Texas Tech … enrolled in the labor studies and employment relations master’s program at Rutgers.
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