[2] As a junior, he started 11 of 12 games at wide side cornerback for the 1980 Wolverines that compiled a 10-2 record, finished #4 in the AP and UPI polls, and outscored opponents 322 to 129.
[3] Carpenter totaled 25 tackles, seven assists and five interceptions (tied for the team lead), including 2 against Indiana University.
The next year, he appeared in four games as a backup, before being traded to the Buffalo Bills in exchange for a draft choice on September 19, 1984.
In July 2020, he pleaded guilty to orchestrating a conspiracy to defraud the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) of more than $300,000.
He had repeatedly charged the credit cards of two WMATA employees to reflect the purchase of janitorial products that his company never delivered.