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| Anderson,
Gary |
Cribbs,
Joe |
James,
Craig |
Mills,
Sam |
Sanders,
Ricky |
| Banaszak,
John |
Dupree,
Marcus |
Johnson,
Trumaine |
Minnifield,
Frank |
Sipe,
Brian |
| Barbaro,
Gary |
Eatman,
Irv |
Jordan,
Buford |
Norwood,
Scott |
Spencer,
Tim |
| Bentley,
Ray |
Evans,
Vince |
Kelly,
Jim |
Oates,
Bart |
Stoudt,
Cliff |
| Bradley,
Luther |
Fitzkee,
Scott |
Lacy,
Ken |
Pinney,
Ray |
Townsell,
JoJo |
| Bryant,
Kelvin |
Flutie,
Doug |
Landeta,
Sean |
Plummer,
Gary |
Truvillion,
Eric |
| Carter,
Anthony |
Fusina,
Chuck |
Landry,
Greg |
Ramsey,
Tom |
Walker,
Herschel |
| Clark,
Gary |
Greenwood,
David |
Lathrop,
Kit |
Reaves,
John |
White,
Reggie |
| Collier,
Reggie |
Hebert,
Bobby |
Mazzetti,
Tim |
Ross,
Dan |
White,
Stan |
| Corker,
John |
Hohensee,
Mike |
Miller,
Cleo |
Rozier,
Mike |
Young,
Steve |
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It
was USFL founder David Dixon's brainstorm that
ultimately brought Anthony Carter to the USFL rather
than the National Football League. Dixon's concept
of a territorial draft was aimed at bringing USFL teams
"local talent" that they could not only market
more easily, but who they could also recruit more easily
- "stay in the area and play for us in the
pros." In Anthony Carter's case after a
stellar career at the University of Michigan, it was the
right pitch to make.
His rookie season with the Michigan Panthers started
badly - the team went 1-4-0 to start and was in last
place in the USFL's Central Division. Carter, with
the help of quarterback Bobby Hebert and the addition of
players such as Ray Pinney on offense and John Banaszak
on defense, would help the team rebound, going 11-2-0
the rest of the way to not only qualify for the playoffs
but win the division over the pre-season favored Chicago
Blitz. Carter would excel in the 1983 USFL
playoffs as well, with touchdown receptions in both the
Panthers 37-21 win over Oakland in the Divisional
Playoffs and what would prove to be the winning
touchdown - a 48 yard strike from Hebert - in their
24-22 championship win.
His year in 1984 - and his career with Michigan - was
cut short thanks to a broken arm, an injury sustained
against the San Antonio Gunslingers. After the
season the team merged with the Oakland Invaders, and
the man who signed with the USFL to stay close to home
found himself going cross-country instead. He
caught 70 balls for the Invaders in 1985 and helped
Oakland advance to the USFL Championship Game, but
couldn't win a second USFL title, falling 28-24.Carter
would be drafted by the NFL in 1983, chosen in the 12th
round (334th pick overall) by the Miami Dolphins.
The Dolphins traded his rights to the Minnesota Vikings,
where he would go on to play through 1993, earning two
trips to the Pro Bowl. Ironically, the last two
years of "A.C.'s" career were played in the
same place his first two were, joining the Detroit Lions
in 1994 and 1995.
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