Pick: Round Four, 119th Overall

Name: Barrett Carter

Hometown: Suwanee, Georgia

College: Clemson

Height - 6'0"

Weight - 231 lbs

Arm - 32 ⅛"

Hand - 9 ¼

Bengals Reaction: "Impressive human being. 4.0 GPA. Pre-snap, he's clearly in charge of that defense. A pure stack linebacker, but good in zone with good coverage skills. Four-down value. Early down. Third downs. Special teams. One of the more authentic interviews I had at the combine. As far as the pick, it was another unwavering moment... He's a cultural creator. He'll help ours." - DC Al Golden.

Player Reaction: "I love defense ... I'm ready to put my body out there ... I've been playing special teams my whole college career and ready just to play anywhere." - Barrett Carter

""I was just being myself. I didn't want to put up a front and try to be something I'm not. God gave me my DNA, my fingerprint, and no one else has the same fingerprint. I stand by that and I live by that." -Carter on his interviews at NFL scouting combine.

"I'm excited to get in there and learn from him. He's one of the best to do it, and he's a dog. I'm just excited to team up with a guy like that and pick his brain. " - Barrett Carter after Bengals LB Logan Wilson reached out to him right after he was drafted.

College Highlights: Carter was Third-team Associated Press All-American, First-team All-ACC and was a finalist for the Butkus Award (nation's top LB) in 2024 after compiling 82 tackles and seven pass break-ups.

"Barrett Carter, he is the epitome of a Clemson Man, first of all. He's a team captain, he's a graduate. He is a Swiss army knife. He can really do a lot of things as a football player. I think he has multi-position value, is certainly a core special teams guy right out of the gate, and an incredible personality for the locker room. He's a guy that just brightens every room that he walks into. And I have zero doubt that he's going to have a heck of a rookie year." - Clemson HC Dabo Swinney

Draftnick Takes: "Prototypical three-down linebacker who added muscle mass in 2024 without losing playmaking quickness… Carter can play around or off the block and has the agility and reaction quickness for sudden adjustments as an open-field tackler…Carter's demeanor, versatility and athletic profile give him a good chance of becoming a quality starter as a run-and-chase Will linebacker." - NFL.com

How does he fit: An immediate special teams contributor with every-down value.

Did You Know?: Carter was named as the 2024 recipient of the Tim Bourret Award, presented annually to the player who best represents himself, his teammates and Clemson University in the media.... He was active volunteer with Our Friend Christopher, an organization established to honor Christopher Miles, a high school teammate of Carter's who passed away from a stage 4 glioblastoma brain tumor … Swinney described Carter as "one of the best pure football players I've had in 20 years." His 2,482 career snaps were the most by a Clemson linebacker on record... Carter went to the same high school as Bengals CB DJ Turner II and played with DE Myles Murphy at Clemson ...At end of his freshman year in high school, Carter was switched from running back and wide receiver to linebacker. "I was super mad about it. I'm from Chicago. I thought i was going to be the next Devin Hester. i was pissed off. I wanted to quit football. But the next day, I got my first scholarship offer. God works in mysterious ways." ...