Dr. Jason D. Carthen Ph.D. (born November 16, 1970[1]) is a retired American football player.
Born in Decatur, Alabama, Carthen graduated from Scott High School in Toledo, Ohio in 1989 and played at Ohio University.[1] He had a three-year career in the National Football League from 1993 to 1995 as an outside linebacker. He was injured in 1995 after signing a free-agent contract offer with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He also played one more year in NFL Europe with the Rhein Fire (Düsseldorf, Germany) from 1996 to 1997, where he led the league in special-teams tackles.
Dr. Carthen serves as the President and Chief executive officer of *Redeemed Management & Consulting LLC (RMC). Prior to forming RMC, Dr. Carthen was involved with many successful entrepreneurial endeavors and charity-focused initiatives. He has served for over fifteen years in both the public and private sectors of Leadership and Business Management, specifically with the National Football League’s Players' Association, and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in Northeast Ohio.
Carthen is a distinguished Fellow in the Beta Phi academic literary society and has researched and published in the areas of Emotional behavior, Positive Psychology, Performance in the workplace, Business Management and Leadership in the ecology of sports.
As a former professional football player with the New England Patriots, he is a highly sought-after international speaker in areas of leadership, faith and business. Carthen’s research suggests that traditional organizational frameworks often resemble sports ecology, and for this reason, linkages should exist between sport and society.