Ron Carpenter (defensive back)

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1970)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Ron Carpenter

| number = 32, 36, 26, 24, 31, 21, 2, 23

| position = Defensive back

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|1|20}}

| birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 189

| high_school = Princeton (Sharonville, Ohio)

| college = Miami (OH)

| undraftedyear = 1993

| pastteams =

• Minnesota Vikings ({{NFL Year|1993}})
• Cincinnati Bengals (1993)
• Minnesota Vikings ({{NFL Year|1994}})*
• Amsterdam Admirals (1995)
• New York Jets ({{NFL Year|1995|1996}})
• Amsterdam Admirals (1997)
• New York CityHawks ({{AFL Year|1998}})
• St. Louis Rams ({{NFL Year|1998|1999}})
• Nashville Kats ({{AFL Year|2000}})
• Los Angeles Xtreme ({{XFL Year|2001}})
• Nashville Kats ({{AFL Year|2001}})
• Georgia Force ({{AFL Year|2002}})
• Detroit Fury ({{AFL Year|2003|2004}})

| highlights =

• Super Bowl champion (XXXIV)
• XFL champion (2001)

| pastcoaching =

• Princeton (OH) HS (2000–2007)
  Assistant
• Central State (2009–2010)
  Assistant
• Indiana (2011)
  Defense and special teams quality control
• Miami (OH) (2012–2013)
  Defensive backs coach
• Central Arkansas (2014–2015)
  Assistant

| statlabel1 = Tackles

| statvalue1 = 39

| statlabel2 = Forced fumbles

| statvalue2 = 1

| statlabel3 = Passes defended

| statvalue3 = 1

| pfr = CarpRo21

| aflstatlabel1 = Tackles

| aflstatvalue1 = 285

| aflstatlabel2 = Interceptions

| aflstatvalue2 = 19

| aflstatlabel3 = Passes defended

| aflstatvalue3 = 68

| afl = 270

}}

Ronald Allen Carpenter Jr. (born January 20, 1970) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back for five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Cincinnati Bengals, Minnesota Vikings. New York Jets, and St. Louis Rams.{{Cite web |title=Ron Carpenter football Statistics on StatsCrew.com |url=https://www.statscrew.com/football/stats/p-carperon003 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250126040903/https://www.statscrew.com/football/stats/p-carperon003 |archive-date=2025-01-26 |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=www.statscrew.com |language=en}} He played college football for the Miami RedHawks in Oxford, Ohio, where he was a three-time first-team All-Mid-American Conference player and served as captain his senior season. He was voted to the Miami University All-Millennium team by The Cincinnati Enquirer in 2000. He was also inducted into the Miami University Athletic Hall of Fame on October 14, 2016. Carpenter was also an All-World League player for the Amsterdam Admirals and spent seasons with the New York CityHawks of the Arena Football League (AFL), the Los Angeles Xtreme of the XFL, and the Nashville Kats, Georgia Force, and Detroit Fury of the AFL. He owns a Super Bowl ring from the 1999 Rams and an XFL Championship ring from the 2001 Xtreme. Following his professional career, Carpenter took up coaching and scouting, having scouted for Pro Football Scouts Inc., the Tennessee Titans as a scouting intern, and coached for Princeton High School in Ohio, the Georgia Force, Central State University, Indiana University, Miami University and the University of Central Arkansas.{{cite web |title=Ron Carpenter |url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/c/carp01750.html |website=Pro Football Archives |access-date=26 October 2024}}