Jacarde Carter next in line at GSU

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana  -  Cliff Exama was always in Jacarde Carter’s ear during Carter’s freshman football season at Grambling State.

“Your whole playing career, you have to seize the moment, take it for what it is and build from that,” Carter said of Exama’s advice.

When Carter saw Bryan Nelson’s fumble on the ground in the fourth quarter of December’s Southwestern Athletic Conference Championship Game, he did exactly what his senior teammate told him. Carter seized the loose ball and scooted 66 yards for the decisive score in Grambling’s 16-15 victory. The victory capped a season-ending seven-game win streak while the play helped propel Carter into the discussion of who would replace Exama, the 2011 SWAC Co-Defensive Player of the Year.

Carter finished last season fourth on the team with ...

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