William Carr (arena football)

William Carr (born July 13, 1975) is a former Arena football defensive / offensive lineman. He played college football at Michigan. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 7th round (217th overall) of the 1997 NFL draft.

William Carr
Morgan State Bears
Position:INTERIM Head Football Coach, Defensive Run Game Coordinator & Defensive line coach
Personal information
Born: (1975-01-13) January 13, 1975
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Career information
High school:Dallas (TX) Carter
College:Michigan
NFL Draft:1997 / Round: 7 / Pick: 217
Career history
As a player:
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As a coach:
  • Arizona Western College (2012–2013)
    Defensive line coach
  • Michigan (2014–2015)
    Student assistant
  • Texas (2016–2017)
    Special assistant/Analyst
  • Morgan State (2017)
    Defensive line coach
  • Morgan State (2019-present)
    Associate head coach / Defensive Run Game Coordinator / Defensive line coach
Career NFL statistics
Career Arena statistics
Tackles:46
Sacks:8.5
FF:2
Player stats at NFL.com · ArenaFan.com

College career

Carr attended Michigan. While there he was named First-team All-Big Ten in 1996 as well as College and Professional Football News as a First-team All-American. He finished third on Michigan's career tackles-for-loss list.

College statistics

Michigan career statistics
YearTeamGamesTacklesSacksPass defenseFumblesBlocked
SoloAstTotalTFL – YdsNo – YdsInt – YdsBUPDQbhRcv – YdsFFKickSaf
1993Michigan 43141-71-700000000
1994Michigan 11115161-11-100000000
1995Michigan 1346368221-786-4102000000
1996Michigan 1249297815-523-1802003000
Career401097118038-13811-6704003000

Professional career

Carr was selected in the seventh round (217th overall) in the 1997 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals.[1]

In 1999, he joined the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League (AFL). While with the Predators, he recorded 13 tackles, four sacks, one pass break up, two forced fumbles and one blocked field goal. In 2000, he joined the Barcelona Dragons of NFL Europe. On April 26, 2003, Carr was signed by the Georgia Force.[2] While there he recorded two tackles, for the season. For 2004, he recorded 15 tackles and 3.5 sacks for the Force. In 2005, he joined the Grand Rapids Rampage where he recorded nine tackles. In March, 2005, he was traded to the Predators in exchange for Cecil Caldwell.[3] During his second and final stint with the Predators he recorded seven tackles and one sack.

Career statistics

AFL career statistics
YearTeamGamesTacklesSacksPass defenseFumblesBlocked
SoloAstTotalTFLNoIntBUPDQbhRFFKickSaf
1999Orlando --6713--4010--0210
2003Georgia --022--0000--0000
2004Georgia --9615--3.5000--0000
2005Grand Rapids --279--0000--0000
2005Orlando --437--1000--0000
Career--212546--8.5010--0210

Coaching career

Carr became the defensive line coach at Arizona Western College in 2012, a position he held until 2013.[4] After which he joined the coaching staff at Michigan under head coach Brady Hoke as a student assistant.[4] He spent two seasons at Michigan. In February 2016, it was reported that Carr would be joining the Texas coaching staff.[5] He joined Texas as a Special Assistant/Analyst.[6]

Personal life

After he retired from playing football, Carr ran his on apparel company called Will-O.[4] In 2014, Carr returned to Ann Arbor, Michigan to finish his degree in kinesiology.[4]

References

  1. "1997 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  2. "Transactions". The New York Times. April 26, 2003. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  3. "Rampage trade Carr for Caldwell and future considerations". OurSportsCentral.com. March 30, 2005. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  4. "U-M's Will Carr: Football life as a coach like 'heaven'". Detroit Free Press. November 12, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  5. Ebert, Wescott (February 21, 2016). "Texas expected to hire Michigan's William Carr as defensive analyst". BurntOrangeNation.com. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  6. "Staff: Graduate Assistants/Special Assistants". Retrieved August 9, 2016.
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