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#6 Jaylin Carter

Class  SO/TRFrom  Southern Miss (transfer)Ht / Wt  5'11" · 190 lbHometown  Valdosta, GA · Lowndes HS

Depth-chart placement

Current role

RB2

Placement

Backup

Room

Running Back

Experience

2-SO

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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RB room context

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Jaylin Carter holds the RB · Backup spot in Memphis Tigers’s running back room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

RB · StarterDallan HaydenStarter

RB · BackupJaylin CarterBackup

Transfer history

2026Southern Miss→Memphis Tigers

Background & career

Jaylin Carter is a running back from Valdosta, Georgia, who attended Lowndes High School before playing at Southern Mississippi. Standing 5'11" and weighing 190 pounds, Carter transferred to Memphis as a sophomore for the 2026 season. He was a three-star recruit in the 2025 class with a rating of 0.8337 and a national ranking of 2129.

Southern Miss2025

Memphis2026 — present

Previous schoolSouthern MissRecruiting3-star · No. 2129 nationalOriginValdosta, GA · Lowndes HS