← 2021 DRAFT PLAYER PROFILE R4 · #107 OVERALL · RB

Michael Carter

Drafted by NYJ · GM Joe Douglas · North Carolina

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Full-career context

These totals follow Michael Carter across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.

Games played61
Games started27
Weighted career AV16
Pro Bowls0
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons5

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

2021 · Round 4 · #107

NYJ draft credit

GM Joe Douglas

Team games39
Team starts21
On-team AV11
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Good+0.00 contribution19th of 40 picks for this GM

Games: direct team-season record. Starts: direct team-season record.

A Good pick

Michael Carter was Joe Douglas's 19th-best of 40 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is +0.00. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Joe Douglas's leaderboard composite θ.

The walkthrough below shows which bucket carried the pick: playing time, value quality, or league honors.

Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
39
on drafting team · 61 full-career
Games started
21
on drafting team · 27 full-career
Snap-z
1.4
3 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
11
modeled; full weighted AV 16
AV / 1k snaps
9.9
1,108 snaps in rate base
AV-rate z
+0.1
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
0
all on drafting team
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 0
All-Decade
0
context only

Did this pick move Joe Douglas's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Joe Douglas pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. Michael Carter totals +0.00. The second chart breaks that same contribution into the seasons when the evidence arrived. Opportunity and quality can move separately, which keeps high-snap, low-AV profiles from looking cleaner than they are.

Aggregate contribution by player

-2-10+1+2+3+44. Gardner#4 · Sauce Gardner · aggregate +4.14Gardner +4.136. Hall#36 · Breece Hall · aggregate +0.86200. Echols#200 · Brandin Echols · aggregate +0.72146. Sherwood#146 · Jamien Sherwood · aggregate +0.71117. Clemons#117 · Micheal Clemons · aggregate +0.66158. Hall#158 · Bryce Hall · aggregate +0.63154. II#154 · Michael Carter II · aggregate +0.5026. II#26 · Jermaine Johnson II · aggregate +0.46191. Mann#191 · Braden Mann · aggregate +0.39171. Travis#171 · Jordan Travis · aggregate +0.32176. Stiggers#176 · Qwan'tez Stiggers · aggregate +0.31220. Kuntz#220 · Zack Kuntz · aggregate +0.2743. Tippmann#43 · Joe Tippmann · aggregate +0.2410. Wilson#10 · Garrett Wilson · aggregate +0.23257. Key#257 · Jaylen Key · aggregate +0.17173. Davis#173 · Isaiah Davis · aggregate +0.13120. Warren#120 · Carter Warren · aggregate +0.01134. Allen#134 · Braelon Allen · aggregate +0.01107. Carter#107 · Michael Carter · aggregate +0.00Carter +0.0204. Bernard-Converse#204 · Jarrick Bernard-Converse · aggregate -0.0215. McDonald#15 · Will McDonald · aggregate -0.02101. Ruckert#101 · Jeremy Ruckert · aggregate -0.07111. Mitchell#111 · Max Mitchell · aggregate -0.31184. Barnes#184 · Zaire Barnes · aggregate -0.34175. Pinnock#175 · Jason Pinnock · aggregate -0.46143. Abanikanda#143 · Israel Abanikanda · aggregate -0.5268. Davis#68 · Ashtyn Davis · aggregate -0.6165. Corley#65 · Malachi Corley · aggregate -0.63186. Nasirildeen#186 · Hamsah Nasirildeen · aggregate -0.75125. Morgan#125 · James Morgan · aggregate -0.7714. Vera-Tucker#14 · Alijah Vera-Tucker · aggregate -0.83207. Marshall#207 · Jonathan Marshall · aggregate -0.90120. Perine#120 · La'Mical Perine · aggregate -1.0059. Mims#59 · Denzel Mims · aggregate -1.1034. Moore#34 · Elijah Moore · aggregate -1.1811. Fashanu#11 · Olumuyiwa Fashanu · aggregate -1.1879. Zuniga#79 · Jabari Zuniga · aggregate -1.33129. Clark#129 · Cameron Clark · aggregate -1.412. Wilson#2 · Zach Wilson · aggregate -1.8411. Becton#11 · Mekhi Becton · aggregate -2.63Becton -2.6

Incremental contribution by season

-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-20+2+4+6+8+10+12+14+16+182020 · Bryce Hall · incremental +0.432020 · Braden Mann · incremental +0.602020 · Denzel Mims · incremental -0.812020 · James Morgan · incremental -1.142020 · La'Mical Perine · incremental -1.222020 · Jabari Zuniga · incremental -1.882020 · Cameron Clark · incremental -2.212020 · Mekhi Becton · incremental -3.352020 · Ashtyn Davis · incremental -6.712021 · Braden Mann · incremental +0.092021 · Michael Carter II · incremental +0.572021 · Brandin Echols · incremental +1.032021 · Mekhi Becton · incremental +1.162021 · Bryce Hall · incremental +1.612021 · Ashtyn Davis · incremental +15.362021 · Michael Carter · incremental -0.052021 · Jamien Sherwood · incremental -0.152021 · James Morgan · incremental -0.162021 · Cameron Clark · incremental -0.262021 · La'Mical Perine · incremental -0.412021 · Jabari Zuniga · incremental -0.492021 · Denzel Mims · incremental -0.502021 · Hamsah Nasirildeen · incremental -0.712021 · Jason Pinnock · incremental -0.942021 · Alijah Vera-Tucker · incremental -1.012021 · Jonathan Marshall · incremental -1.242021 · Elijah Moore · incremental -1.352021 · Zach Wilson · incremental -1.812022 · Brandin Echols · incremental +0.022022 · Michael Carter · incremental +0.112022 · Jeremy Ruckert · incremental +0.142022 · Braden Mann · incremental +0.242022 · Jamien Sherwood · incremental +0.272022 · Micheal Clemons · incremental +0.382022 · Michael Carter II · incremental +0.552022 · Sauce Gardner · incremental +3.872022 · Garrett Wilson · incremental -0.052022 · Breece Hall · incremental -0.072022 · Jermaine Johnson II · incremental -0.072022 · Alijah Vera-Tucker · incremental -0.152022 · James Morgan · incremental -0.182022 · Jonathan Marshall · incremental -0.242022 · Max Mitchell · incremental -0.252022 · Cameron Clark · incremental -0.252022 · La'Mical Perine · incremental -0.332022 · Bryce Hall · incremental -0.442022 · Denzel Mims · incremental -0.492022 · Hamsah Nasirildeen · incremental -0.542022 · Zach Wilson · incremental -0.912022 · Elijah Moore · incremental -1.462022 · Ashtyn Davis · incremental -16.102023 · Bryce Hall · incremental +0.012023 · Alijah Vera-Tucker · incremental +0.022023 · Jeremy Ruckert · incremental +0.042023 · Joe Tippmann · incremental +0.162023 · Brandin Echols · incremental +0.202023 · Micheal Clemons · incremental +0.292023 · Zack Kuntz · incremental +0.322023 · Garrett Wilson · incremental +0.392023 · Jamien Sherwood · incremental +0.432023 · Michael Carter II · incremental +0.472023 · Jermaine Johnson II · incremental +0.492023 · Breece Hall · incremental +0.732023 · Sauce Gardner · incremental +3.772023 · Ashtyn Davis · incremental +4.642023 · Michael Carter · incremental -0.012023 · Will McDonald · incremental -0.012023 · Jarrick Bernard-Converse · incremental -0.042023 · Carter Warren · incremental -0.052023 · Max Mitchell · incremental -0.092023 · James Morgan · incremental -0.182023 · Jonathan Marshall · incremental -0.262023 · Cameron Clark · incremental -0.272023 · Hamsah Nasirildeen · incremental -0.282023 · Jabari Zuniga · incremental -0.402023 · Denzel Mims · incremental -0.502023 · Zaire Barnes · incremental -0.732023 · Israel Abanikanda · incremental -0.752023 · Zach Wilson · incremental -1.292023 · Mekhi Becton · incremental -3.802024 · Braelon Allen · incremental +0.002024 · Jeremy Ruckert · incremental +0.052024 · Michael Carter II · incremental +0.072024 · Carter Warren · incremental +0.072024 · Jaylen Key · incremental +0.192024 · Isaiah Davis · incremental +0.212024 · Joe Tippmann · incremental +0.422024 · Garrett Wilson · incremental +0.422024 · Jordan Travis · incremental +0.552024 · Jermaine Johnson II · incremental +0.602024 · Sauce Gardner · incremental +0.612024 · Brandin Echols · incremental +0.662024 · Micheal Clemons · incremental +0.702024 · Breece Hall · incremental +0.802024 · Jamien Sherwood · incremental +0.902024 · Ashtyn Davis · incremental +1.492024 · Qwan'tez Stiggers · incremental +1.782024 · Will McDonald · incremental -0.022024 · Jarrick Bernard-Converse · incremental -0.042024 · Zack Kuntz · incremental -0.112024 · Max Mitchell · incremental -0.172024 · James Morgan · incremental -0.182024 · Hamsah Nasirildeen · incremental -0.272024 · Cameron Clark · incremental -0.272024 · Jonathan Marshall · incremental -0.272024 · Israel Abanikanda · incremental -0.302024 · La'Mical Perine · incremental -0.352024 · Jabari Zuniga · incremental -0.372024 · Denzel Mims · incremental -0.452024 · Alijah Vera-Tucker · incremental -0.642024 · Olumuyiwa Fashanu · incremental -0.982024 · Malachi Corley · incremental -1.362025 · Garrett Wilson · incremental +0.092025 · Jordan Travis · incremental +0.092025 · Braelon Allen · incremental +0.112025 · Sauce Gardner · incremental +0.252025 · Joe Tippmann · incremental +0.412025 · Isaiah Davis · incremental +0.452025 · Micheal Clemons · incremental +0.702025 · Breece Hall · incremental +0.782025 · Jamien Sherwood · incremental +0.872025 · Will McDonald · incremental -0.032025 · Jeremy Ruckert · incremental -0.042025 · Michael Carter II · incremental -0.122025 · Max Mitchell · incremental -0.182025 · Jonathan Marshall · incremental -0.252025 · Hamsah Nasirildeen · incremental -0.262025 · Israel Abanikanda · incremental -0.282025 · Jermaine Johnson II · incremental -0.292025 · Qwan'tez Stiggers · incremental -0.832025 · Olumuyiwa Fashanu · incremental -1.59Zuniga -1.9Clark -2.2Becton -3.4Davis -6.7Davis +15.4Carter -0.1Wilson -1.8Carter +0.1Gardner +3.9Davis -16.1Gardner +3.8Davis +4.6Carter -0.0Becton -3.8Stiggers +1.820209 players202119 players202223 players202329 players202432 players202519 players
Above expectationBelow expectationMichael CarterGM total -7.1Michael Carter by season +0.1

How much retained production did Michael Carter return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: RBs drafted within ±5 picks of Michael Carter since 2010 (14 players).The score is the retained production/value bucket from the pick-residual model: on-team AV plus AV-rate quality, adjusted for draft slot, position, and era. Opportunity snaps and league honors are excluded.

0+0.5+1Model value above slot103. FreemanDevonta Freeman · model value +1.2107. PierceDameon Pierce · model value +0.3105. SkatteboCam Skattebo · model value +0.1102. MattisonAlexander Mattison · model value +0.1104. HinesNyheim Hines · model value +0.1104. TutenBhayshul Tuten · model value +0.1112. McKnightJoe McKnight · model value +0.1106. LangfordJeremy Langford · model value 0107. CarterMichael Carter · model value 00105. HeluRoy Helu · model value -0.1106. TurbinRobert Turbin · model value -0.1105. ConnerJames Conner · model value -0.2112. KelleyJoshua Kelley · model value -0.3112. WaltonMark Walton · model value -0.3112. LoveBryce Love · model value -0.4
Michael CarterSlot-similar peers (14)

Cumulative value over time

Year-by-year running totals since draft. Left axis = games started. Right axis = honors (Pro Bowl / AP1 / AP2). Pre-2013 picks have no games-started line because that comes from per-game snap counts (not available for older players). Honors extend back to 1980.

'22'24'250713202601Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (5 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
2021NYJ1494570.9613.1
2022NYJ1684981.048.0
2023ARI, NYJ150236-1.328.5
2024ARI32132-0.717.6
2025ARI1373980.5410.1

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