STRENGTHS
Michael is an excellent athlete with the quickness to make players miss and the lateral explosion and speed to score touchdowns from any place on the field. He has a high football IQ to go along with the hand/eye coordination to catch the ball down the field. He is strong enough to run the ball between the tackles and has the speed and quickness in the open field to make defenses worry about where the next play call is going, inside or outside. Michael is an impact player and when the down and distance is 3rd and long he has the talent to move the chains through the air or on the ground. He is a surprisingly strong runner and if the team he is up against are sloppy tacklers, Michael will break a lot of arm tackles and make a defensive coordinator wish he had an office job. He is an impact running back with the ability to keep the defense guessing as to where he is line up and what play he is coming next.
CONCERNS
Because of his lack of size, expecting Michael to carry your running game for a 16-game schedule is not a smart way to use him. That being said, moving him all around your offense, just might be. Michael is an impact RB…that means he doesn’t have to touch the ball a lot to impact so don’t abuse him or injuries will become an issue and it will be hard to replace his talent on the field.
BOTTOM LINE 1.94
Michael reminds me of the Chiefs RB Clyde Edward- Helaire when he came out. No one thought anything about Clyde until I did a profile on him. Oh, the scouts and GM’s knew but, the Media experts didn’t pick up on him. This year it’s Michael Carter’s time and I suspect the media will overlook him also until they see this profile, but you can bet the football people don’t. They know who this kid is and his potential for the NFL team that selects him. There are other running backs in the draft that will be selected before Michael because size matters when it comes to selecting players in the draft. That being said, once a player is selected, size doesn’t matter at all, only what a player can do on the field matters. Il Michael has 1st round talent to impact and become an intricate part of your offense. You can select him in whatever round you want to but trust me, once he gets on the field he will play like a player who was selected in the first round. Think of Michael like a quarter horse. Don’t expect a Quarter Horse to run a mile and a half race and not break down, he’s supposed to just run a quarter race. In 1970’s there was a dominating racing quarter horse named “Dash for Cash”. That’s why I’m calling him, Michael (Dash 4 Cash) Carter.
