Jonathan Carter

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Jonathan Carter (born March 20, 1979 in Anniston, Alabama) is an American football wide receiver, who plays for the New York Jets.

He attented Troy State University (now Troy University) and was drafted in the fifth round of the 2001 NFL Draft by the New York Giants. He sat on the practice team for most of the year, and was waived by the team in October 2001. The next day he signed with the Jets.

He scored a touchdown on his first career reception, the sixth Jets player to do so. He has played 22 games for the team, catching two touchdown passes and receiving a total of 266 yards of passes. He also has played one post-season game for the team.

Carter was signed by the Buccaneers in January, 2006, after four previous seasons split between the Giants and Jets in New York. Tampa Bay allocated him to the NFL Europe League for the 2006 season, but Carter never made it overseas thanks to an injury suffered in the league’s stateside joint training camp. He went instead to the NFLEL’s facility in Birmingham to recover from his injury.

The Buccaneers were allowed to use Carter’s roster exemption on another player from the NFL Europe League who was not already affiliated with an NFL team, with the proviso that, eventually, that exemption would have to be assumed by only one of the two players. Tampa Bay signed defensive end/long-snapper Jordan Hicks in June. When Carter returned to full health, the Bucs chose to leave the exemption with Hicks and released Carter. Carter is currently looking to be picked up by other teams.