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Tyrone Carter

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Los Angeles Chargers · DB

Tyrone Carter recorded 136 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 11 rostered seasons with San Diego Chargers, Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Jets, Minnesota Vikings.

▶Best highlights

3.0

tackles/gm

10

playoff games

11

indexed seasons

136

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Tyrone Carter's most significant indexed performances.

Super Bowl
XLIII
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
ARIZONACARDINALS
FEB 1, 2009

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Arizona Cardinals

Super Bowl XLIII · Feb 1, 2009

2 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Super Bowl
XL
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
FEB 5, 2006

Seattle Seahawks vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Super Bowl XL · Feb 5, 2006

3 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2008
CLEVELANDBROWNS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
DEC 28, 2008

Cleveland Browns vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Regular Season · Dec 28, 2008

3 tackles · 0 sacks · 2 INT

Wild Card
2005
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
JAN 8, 2006

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Cincinnati Bengals

Wild Card · Jan 8, 2006

7 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2009
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
DENVERBRONCOS
NOV 9, 2009

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Denver Broncos

Regular Season · Nov 9, 2009

2 tackles · 0 sacks · 2 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Tyrone Carter's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 10 total tackles

Regular Season
2003
NEW YORKGIANTS
NEW YORKJETS
NOV 2, 2003

New York Giants vs New York Jets

Regular Season · Nov 2, 2003

10 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career highs: 2 interceptions · 2 passes defended · 53 interception return yards

Regular Season
2009
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
DENVERBRONCOS
NOV 9, 2009

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Denver Broncos

Regular Season · Nov 9, 2009

2 tackles · 0 sacks · 2 INT

Career high: 1 forced fumble

Regular Season
2009
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
DETROITLIONS
OCT 11, 2009

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Oct 11, 2009

3 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Tyrone Carter's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1992–2000

01
MINCARTER—Tyrone Carter
MINCARTER80Cris Carter
MINMOSS84Randy Moss

The league's most explosive offense

Minnesota Vikings · Carter, Moss and the 1998 heartbreak

Moss transformed the league as a rookie and the 15–1 Vikings set a scoring record before falling in overtime one game short of the Super Bowl.

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Franchise era

2001–2013

02
MINCARTER—Tyrone Carter
MINPETERSON28Adrian Peterson
MINALLEN69Jared Allen

A singular runner carries changing teams

Minnesota Vikings · The Peterson years

Peterson returned from major knee surgery to rush for 2,097 yards, while Brett Favre's 2009 season produced another painful NFC title-game finish.

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Franchise era

1997–2006

03
NYJCARTER—Tyrone Carter
NYJMARTIN28Curtis Martin
NYJTESTAVERDE16Vinny Testaverde

From one win to the AFC title game

New York Jets · Parcells changes the standard

Parcells rebuilt the franchise immediately, Martin became its model of consistency and Pennington later delivered another division title.

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Franchise era

1992–2006

04
PITCARTER—Tyrone Carter
PITBETTIS36Jerome Bettis
PITWARD86Hines Ward

Blitzburgh reaches two Super Bowls

Pittsburgh Steelers · The Cowher teams

Bill Cowher restored annual contention, and a second-year Ben Roethlisberger helped Bettis finish his career with the Super Bowl XL championship.

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Franchise era

2007–2021

05
PITCARTER—Tyrone Carter
PITROETHLISBERGER7Ben Roethlisberger
PITPOLAMALU43Troy Polamalu

Stability survives constant roster change

Pittsburgh Steelers · Tomlin, Ben and another title

Mike Tomlin won Super Bowl XLIII in his second season and kept Pittsburgh in contention through elite defenses and increasingly explosive passing teams.

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Franchise era

2010–2016

06
LACCARTER—Tyrone Carter
LACRIVERS17Philip Rivers
LACWEDDLE32Eric Weddle

Rivers keeps a changing roster competitive

Los Angeles Chargers · The final San Diego seasons

Rivers remained prolific as the roster turned over and the franchise prepared to leave the city that had housed it for 56 years.

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Career accomplishments

Super Bowl champion · 2005, 200811 NFL seasons136 career games313 career solo tackles5 career sacksDrafted by: MINDraft pick: 118Jersey: 3110 playoff appearances2 Super Bowl appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 3, 2000Most recent: Dec 5, 2010

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history