:Carlos Carson

{{Short description|American football player (born 1958)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| number = 88, 87

| position = Wide receiver

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|12|28}}

| birth_place = Lake Worth, Florida, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 180

| high_school = John I. Leonard
(Greenacres, Florida)

| college = LSU

| draftyear = 1980

| draftround = 5

| draftpick = 114

| teams =

• Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|1980}}–{{NFL Year|1989}})
• Philadelphia Eagles (1989)

| highlights =

• 2× Pro Bowl (1983, 1987)
• Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame
• Second-team All-SEC (1977)

| statlabel1 = Receptions

| statvalue1 = 353

| statlabel2 = Receiving yards

| statvalue2 = 6,372

| statlabel3 = Touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 33

| pfr = CarsCa00

}}

Carlos Andre Carson{{Cite web |title=Carlos Carson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CarsCa00.htm |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} (born December 28, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) from 1980 to 1989. He plated college football for the LSU Tigers and was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fifth round of the 1980 NFL draft. His best year came during the 1983 season when he caught 80 receptions for 1,351 yards and seven touchdowns.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=CARSOCAR01 |title=Carlos Carson |access-date=2008-09-24 |publisher=databasefootball.com |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930010542/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=CARSOCAR01 |archive-date=2007-09-30 }} During that same season, Carson had the second most receiving yards in the NFL, only behind Philadelphia Eagles receiver Mike Quick with 1,409 yards.

As a high school senior, Carson was not heavily recruited. LSU coaches were reviewing film of another player on Carson's team but kept noticing this wide receiver making plays. When they contacted Carlos to ask him to visit LSU, he asked if they were offering him scholarship. The coach said yes and Carson accepted right then. In his first game as a starter at LSU he caught five touchdown passes against Rice University.

On February 26, 2017, Carson was announced as the 2017 inductee into the Chiefs Hall of Fame.{{cite news|url=http://www.kansascity.com/sports/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs/article135127309.html|title=Chiefs induct 'Speedy' Carlos Carson into club's Hall of Fame|date=26 February 2017|work=The Kansas City Star|access-date=29 October 2017}} He was officially inducted on October 30, 2017.{{cite press release|title=Important Information for Monday Night Football|publisher=Kansas City Chiefs|date=27 October 2017|url=http://www.chiefs.com/news/article-2/Important-Information-for-Monday-Night-Football/77039828-9a83-4f5d-8f4d-425abed9b49d?sf126686597=1|access-date=29 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112074032/http://www.chiefs.com/news/article-2/Important-Information-for-Monday-Night-Football/77039828-9a83-4f5d-8f4d-425abed9b49d?sf126686597=1|archive-date=12 November 2017|url-status=dead}}