2025 Football Roster
Carter II, Taurean
vs
Houston
Sep 12 (Fri)
5:30 PM

Jersey Number 90
Taurean Carter II
- Position:
- Defensive Tackle
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 280
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Mansfield, Texas
- High School:
- Mansfield Legacy
- Prev School:
- Arkansas
Bio
AT COLORADO
2024 (Gr.)
2024 (Gr.)
- Played in the first tow games of the 2024 season.
- Missed the final 11 games due to injury.
- Made one tackle against Nebraska.
- 247 Sports lists him with a transfer rating of .8500, the No. 632 overall player, and the No. 66 defensive lineman (as of Jan. 17, 2024).
- Comes to Colorado as an undergraduate transfer with two years to play two.
- In his time at Arkansas he played in 33 games making five starts.
- In 2023 he played in all 12 games and started the first four. He totaled 25 tackles, six unassisted, three-and-a-half tackles for loss, and one-and-a-half sacks.
- Started the season with the first three games registering a tackle for loss or sack, and finished the last two as well.
- Missed the entire 2022 season after enduring a knee injury near the end of spring practice.
- Appeared in all 13 games the 2021 season, totaling 24 tackles, three tackles for loss, one sack and one pass break-up.
- Registered five games with multiple tackles.
- According to Pro Football Focus, played in 262 snaps with 244 at defensive line and 18 on special teams.
- Made a career high six tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss in season opening win over Rice.
- Played in eight games in 2020 and made one start against LSU.
- Totaled 11 tackles (four solo) and one pass broken up.
- Made two stops in the season opener and broke up a pass against Georgia.
- According to Pro Football Focus, played in 155 defensive and 10 special teams snaps.
- Posted a season-best defensive game grade of 71.1 against Georgia.
- Did not play during the 2019 season.
- A three-star prospect by the recruiting services.
- ESPN ranked him as the No. 52 defensive lineman in the class and No. 89 player from Texas.
- Rivals ranked him as the No. 32 defensive lineman in the class and No. 71 player from Texas.
- 247 Sports ranked him as the No. 58 defensive tackle and No. 96 player from Texas.
- On3 Consensus listed him as the No. 568 player nationally, the No. 61 defensive lineman in the class and No. 67 player from Texas.
- 247 Composite ranked him as the No. 596 player in the country, the No. 42 defensive tackle and No. 72 player from Texas.
- Four-year varsity letter winner at Mansfield Legacy High School for head coach Rahn Smith.
- Tallied 28 total tackles, eight for loss with four sacks, 15 quarterback hurries and a forced fumble in 2018.
- Invited to play in the Offense-Defense All-American Bowl.
- Racked up 63 total tackles, 38 solo, with 14 for loss as a junior in 2017.
- Posted seven sacks with a forced fumble, helping the Broncos to a 10-3 overall record and a berth in the Texas High School Football 5A-II semifinals.
- Had 66 tackles, 39 solo, with six for loss, all sacks, and seven QBH as a sophomore on the 11-3 state quarterfinal Mansfield Legacy squad
- Born March 5.
- Son of Chantal Brown and Taurean Carter Sr.
- Has four siblings, Z’Kharyah, Anthony, Don and Natilya.
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