Perry Carter

{{Short description|American gridiron football player and coach (born 1971)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Perry Carter

| image =

| alt =

| caption =

| current_team = Northwestern State Demons

| position = {{ubl|Defensive back|Cornerbacks coach}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|8|15}}

| birth_place = McComb, Mississippi, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lbs = 194

| high_school = South Pike (MS)

| college = Southern Miss (1990–1993)

| draftyear = 1994

| draftround = 4

| draftpick = 107

| pastteams =

• Arizona Cardinals (1994)*{{cite book |title=Raiders, 1998 Media Guide |date=August 1998 |pages=48–49 |url=https://archive.org/details/raiders-1998-media-guide-oakland-c/page/48/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=10 August 2024}}
• Washington Redskins (1994)*
• Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|1994|1995}})
• Oakland Raiders ({{NFL Year|1996}}–{{NFL Year|1998}})
• Edmonton Eskimos ({{CFL Year|2000}}–{{CFL Year|2001}})
• Montreal Alouettes ({{CFL Year|2002}})
• BC Lions ({{CFL Year|2003}})

| pastcoaching =

• Texas A&M–Commerce (2004)
  Secondary coach
• Hamburg Sea Devils (2006)
  Assistant defensive backs coach
• Houston Texans (2006–2009)
  Defensive assistant
• Houston Texans (2010–2013)
  Assistant defensive backs coach
• North Texas (2014–2015)
  Safeties coach
• St. Pius X HS (2016)
  Defensive backs coach
• Texas Tech (2017)
  Assistant/defensive quality control coach
• Louisiana–Monroe (2018–2020)
  Defensive backs coach
• Louisiana Tech (2021–2022)
  Cornerbacks coach
• Northwestern State (2023–present)
  Cornerbacks coach

| highlights =

• Grey Cup champion (2002)

• First Team All-IFA (1992, 1993)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 28

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 7

}}

Perry Lynn Carter (born August 15, 1971) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles and was selcted by the Arizona Cardinals in the fourth round of the 1994 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1994 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1994/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} Carter played for the Kansas City Chiefs and the Oakland Raiders in the NFL. He also played in the CFL for four seasons with the Edmonton Eskimos, Montreal Alouettes, and BC Lions while winning a Grey Cup championship with the Alouettes in 2002. He is the former assistant defensive backs coach for the Houston Texans.

{{NFL predraft

| height ft = 5

| height in = 11 3/8

| weight = 194

| dash = 4.44

| ten split = 1.58

| twenty split = 2.61

| shuttle = 4.17

| vertical = 32.5

| broad ft = 9

| broad in = 11

| bench = 11

| arm span = 30 3/4

| hand span = 8 7/8

}}