Louis Carter

{{Short description|American football player (1953–2020)}}

{{for|the Australian cricketer|Lewis Carter}}

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

{{Use American English|date=October 2020}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| number = 33, 32

| position = Running back

| birth_date = {{birth date|1953|2|6}}

| birth_place = Laurel, Maryland, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|10|11|1953|2|6}}

| height_ft = 5

| weight_lb = 207

| height_in = 11

| high_school = Arundel (MD)

| college = Maryland

| draftyear = 1975

| draftround = 3

| draftpick = 76

| teams =

• Oakland Raiders (1975)
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1976–1978)

|highlights =

• 2× First-team All-ACC (1973, 1974)

| statlabel1 = Rushing attempts

| statvalue1 = 322

| statlabel2 = Rushing yards

| statvalue2 = 940

| statlabel3 = Rushing TDs

| statvalue3 = 4

| pfr = CartLo00

}}

Louis Edward Carter (February 6, 1953 – October 11, 2020) was an American professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Oakland Raiders and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Born in Laurel, Maryland, he was a third round pick of the Raiders in 1975 having been the MVP of the Coaches' All-American college all-star game in his senior year at Maryland. He came to the Bucs in the veteran allocation draft of 1976 and became a valuable member of the Buc offense during its first three seasons as a running back and occasional receiver out of the backfield. He also threw the first TD pass in franchise history when he was stopped at the line of scrimmage in a game against the Seahawks and then lobbed the ball across the line to receiver Morris Owens for an unlikely one-yard score. He carried the ball 11 times for 27 yards in his rookie season in Oakland and also had two receptions for 29 yards, but never played again in the NFL after leaving Tampa Bay.{{cite web |title=Louis Carter |url=https://www.bucpower.com/louis-carter.html |website=BucPower.com |accessdate=October 13, 2020}} After retiring from pro football, Carter sold cars for Covington Buick in Silver Spring, Maryland.{{cite news |last1=Wagner |first1=Bill |title=Louis Carter, former Maryland football great and Anne Arundel County Sports Hall of Famer, dies |url=https://www.capitalgazette.com/sports/ac-cs-louis-carter-obituary-tribute-20201013-vz5pxjku4ncunpj7aqpjzeuplq-story.html |accessdate=October 13, 2020 |work=The Capital |date=October 13, 2020}} When the dealership closed, Carter joined the security team at University of Maryland Global Campus, where he was a security coordinator.{{cite web |last1=Dempsey |first1=Mary |title=Remembering Louis Carter: A Master at Forging Relationships |url=https://globalmedia.umgc.edu/2020/10/21/remembering-louis-carter-a-master-at-forging-relationships/ |accessdate=October 22, 2020 |website=UMGC Global Media Center |date=October 21, 2020}}