Class of 2027 · tight end
Carter Blackwell
TE
6-4, 224 lb · Lee County HS · Leesburg, GA
Committed to Clemson since May 2681Model gradeiBetter offers than 88% of his classTop 1,000 board. Past boards here: 71% signed at a Power 4 school, 8% were drafted.
StarsiConsensus stars, as reported by CollegeFootballData.
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His offers, dated
His offers
26 offers · visited 4
Strongest program firstCommittedVisited
ClemsonCommittedoffered Apr 18Miamicoldoffered May 15South Carolinacoldoffered Mar 17Louisvillecoldoffered Jan 22Wisconsincoldoffered Mar 13Wake Forestcoldoffered Jan 21North Carolinacoolofficial visit Jun 12Pittsburghcoldoffered Jan 14Florida Statecoldvisited Mar 13NC Statecoldoffered Jan 22Kansas Statecoldoffered Feb 12UCFcoolofficial visit Jun 19Oklahoma Statecoldoffered May 13Dukecoldoffered Jan 21Memphiscoldoffered Feb 26Coloradocoldoffered Feb 11Marylandcoldoffered Mar 5Georgia Techcoldoffered Jan 21South Floridacoldoffered Feb 9UConncoldoffered Feb 4East Carolinacoldoffered Jan 22Jacksonville Statecoldoffered Aug 16, 2025Florida Atlanticcoldoffered Jan 27Libertycoldoffered Jan 28Georgia Southerncoldoffered Nov 15, 2025Coastal Carolinacoldoffered Nov 18, 2025Strongest programs first (how strength is made). Warm: an offer, visit or camp in the last 60 days, or an official visit in the last 120. Cool: contact in the last 180. Cold: older, or a decommit. These are the offers on record, not every offer made.
His board on any day
Aug 2025 to todayAug 2025NovFebMayAugNov 2026
Drag to any month: the offers, the timeline and the grade become what they were on the last day of it, on today's scale. How the grade is made.
Every dated move
31 dated moves since Aug 16, 2025Official visit UCFJun 19Official visit North CarolinaJun 12Official visit ClemsonMay 29Committed ClemsonMay 26Offered MiamiMay 15Offered Oklahoma StateMay 13Offered ClemsonApr 18Offered South CarolinaMar 17Unofficial visit Florida StateMar 13Offered WisconsinMar 13Offered MarylandMar 5Offered Florida StateMar 4Offered MemphisFeb 26Offered North CarolinaFeb 21Offered Kansas StateFeb 12Offered ColoradoFeb 11Offered South FloridaFeb 9Offered UConnFeb 4Offered LibertyJan 28Offered UCFJan 28Offered Florida AtlanticJan 27Offered East CarolinaJan 22Offered LouisvilleJan 22Offered NC StateJan 22Offered DukeJan 21Offered Georgia TechJan 21Offered Wake ForestJan 21Offered PittsburghJan 14Offered Coastal CarolinaNov 18, 2025Offered Georgia SouthernNov 15, 2025Offered Jacksonville StateAug 16, 2025Newest first, from recruit posts and the national recruiting data. An offer with no posted date sits in the offers list only.
His testing numbers
Testing numbers
none yetNo testing numbers for Carter yet. His family can add his 40, shuttle, jumps, bench and track times below, with proof.
How we know each number. Verified: a testing company or state meet result we matched to his name, class and date. Coach-confirmed: his coach said yes from a school email. Video-evidenced: a clip of the timer or tape that we watched. Self-reported, in grey: his family's word. Testing numbers here come only through this form.
Where he fits
Best fits
best 3 of 26 offersSouth CarolinaA spot opens at tight end and they start players his size2 at tight end with 2+ years left · 1 leaves after this season · 2 starters his size since 20222Clemson CommittedThey start players his size4 at tight end with 2+ years left · 4 starters his size since 20223Oklahoma StateA spot opens at tight end and they start players his size0 at tight end with 2+ years left · 1 leaves after this season · 1 starter his size since 2022Ranked by how thin each program is at his spot, whether it starts players his size, who leaves after this season and, while he is uncommitted, our odds. How it is made.
His role
Flex tight end6-4, 224 lb: built to split out. Built like Michael Mayer (6-4, 232), a starter at Notre Dame in 2022.
- Fitsan offense that throws more than most
- His offers that doClemsonMiamiSouth CarolinaNorth CarolinaPittsburghNC State+8 more
- The rest12 of his offers play it another way
Read off his size at his position; schemes from each program's season article on Wikipedia (base defense) and our play-by-play (how much it throws). A guide to where he would line up, not a scouting report. How it is made.
Compare his offers
any 4 of 26Fit for him
No. 2of 26 offers
No. 1of 26 offers
No. 3of 26 offers
Program strength
87of 100
80of 100
55of 100
Players like him who went there: drafted
0 of 3closest: Williams, 2015
0 of 2closest: Owens, 2011
0 of 1closest: Jackson, 2012
Players like him there: a real season by year two
0 of 2
-college seasons not on record
-college seasons not on record
Room at tight end
Average4 with 2+ years left
Thin2 with 2+ years left
Thin0 with 2+ years left
Leaving after this season
0
1
1
2027 commits at tight end
1Nicholas Pollack
1Judah Lancaster
1Talan Scott
Starts players his size
4starters his size since 2022
2starters his size since 2022
1starters his size since 2022
Offense
Power spreadthrows 50%, 64th most
Bear raidthrows 50%, 66th most
Air raidthrows 51%, 56th most
Coaches tight end
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Shawn Elliot
Luke Pardee
From home
218 miSC
240 miSC
798 miOK
Where it stands
Committed
Coldoffered Mar 17
Coldoffered May 13
His best-fitting offers first; pick any 4 of Carter's 26 to compare. Green is the best in each row. Room counts the players at his spot with two or more years left. Players like him: up to five past recruits whose offer boards looked most like his and who signed at that school, from classes whose careers are over; a real season means 100+ passes, 50+ carries, 15+ catches, 25+ tackles, 3+ sacks or 2+ interceptions. Offensive linemen and defenders from classes before 2016 are not in that row: the box score does not count linemen's work and has no tackles before 2016. History, not a forecast for him. Green on the scheme row: it plays the front or the offense his role fits. How fit is made.
Schools that should be calling
9 that have not offered
Alabama Stocked at tight endOffered 7 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by April of sophomore year · tight ends coach Richard Owens2
Virginia Tech Even at tight endOffered 7 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by December of junior year · tight ends coach David Rocco3
Purdue Even at tight endOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by May of sophomore year4
Mississippi State Even at tight endOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by August of junior year · tight ends coach Jon Cooper5
Texas A&M Even at tight endOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by June of sophomore year · tight ends coach Derek Shay6
Florida Stocked at tight endOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by May of sophomore year · tight ends coach Dylan Dockery7
Tennessee Even at tight endOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by March of sophomore year · tight ends coach Alec Abeln8
Cincinnati Even at tight endOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by May of sophomore year · tight ends coach Josh Stepp9
Kentucky Even at tight endOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by November of junior year · tight ends coach Justin Burke
Florida Stocked at tight endOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by May of sophomore year · tight ends coach Dylan Dockery7Tennessee Even at tight endOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by March of sophomore year · tight ends coach Alec Abeln8Cincinnati Even at tight endOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by May of sophomore year · tight ends coach Josh Stepp9Kentucky Even at tight endOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by November of junior year · tight ends coach Justin BurkePrograms that offered the recruits most like him (same position, size, home state and offers), have not offered him, and sit near the level of the offers he holds. How it is made.
Where his size starts
269of 496 FBS starters at tight end since 2022 were his size6-3 to 6-5, 208 to 240 lb
- Most in
ACC40
Big Ten40
SEC39 - Start his size most
Boise State5Duke5
Georgia5 - His offers that doDuke5Clemson4Georgia Southern4Louisville3
Who needs him
Oklahoma State is thinnest at tight end of his 26 offersThin- 0 with 2+ years left of 6
- 1 leaves after this season
- 7 portal exits in 3 seasons
- 1 commit this cycle
- Also thin thereColorado2South Carolina2
A starter is six or more games in one of the position's starting slots, 2022-2026 (college snap counts are not public). How it is made. Room is players with 2+ years left plus 2027 commits, against the 68 programs mapped (the power conferences and Notre Dame). How it is made.
Players like him, and how they turned out
How 50 boards like his turned out
classes 2010-202214%Produced by year two5 of 36 had a real season by his second year
23%Transferred9 of 39 played for a second school
14%Drafted7 of 50, 2 in rounds 1-3
10%NFL starter5 of 50 started an NFL season
The 50 past recruits with the boards closest to his, from classes 2010 to 2022, whose careers are over. A real season: 100+ passes, 50+ carries, 15+ catches, 25+ tackles, 3+ sacks or 2+ interceptions. College seasons from CFBD rosters, on record for 39 of 50. The stats can judge a real season for 36 of those, because the box score does not count offensive linemen's work and has no tackles before 2016. History, not a forecast for him.
Boards that looked like his
0 of 10 drafted
Bryce Dixon TENot draftedmatch
Mike Heuerman TENot draftedmatch
Jacob Mathis TENot draftedmatch
Garrett Williams TENot draftedmatch
Jake Hausmann TENot draftedmatchDaniel Imatorbhebhe TENot draftedmatch
Jack Nickel TENot drafted yetmatch
Past recruits whose offer boards looked most like his: same position, about the same size, offers from programs of the same strength, about as many. Past boards are offers at signing day; his is the board he holds today (Nov 12, 2026). Classes 2016 to 2025 are thin in our record today, so most matches come from 2010 to 2026. 7 of these 10 have finished their draft window. History, not a forecast for him.
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