He was initially a member of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a wide receiver and has also played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Toronto Argonauts, BC Lions, and Edmonton Elks.
Carter attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he played football, basketball, and ran track.
Playing as a wide receiver for Coach George Smith, he led the St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders to back-to-back Florida state 5A titles in 2007 and 2008.
Carter was declared academically ineligible for Ohio State's appearance in the Rose Bowl game following the 2009 regular season, an issue that also kept him out of spring practice in 2010.
After transferring to Alabama in April 2011 from the JUCO ranks, eligibility issues again involving academics kept him from practicing with the Tide until late August.
On June 23, 2013, Carter signed with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League and joined the practice roster.
During a loss to Hamilton in the East Final, Carter ended up melting down, receiving a pair of penalties for punching an opposing player and making contact with an official.
The first four teams with which Carter had meetings and workouts for were the Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Kansas City Chiefs and the Indianapolis Colts.
[10] Other NFL clubs that expressed their interest in the wide-out included the San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns and Tennessee Titans.
[20] On June 30, 2016, Carter was ejected from a game following a touchdown celebration that would result in Ottawa Redblacks head coach Rick Campbell being knocked down.
[32] In late November 2016 TSN correspondent Gary Lawless reported that Carter had narrowed down his options down to three West Division teams; the Edmonton Eskimos, Saskatchewan Roughriders, and the Calgary Stampeders.
On December 29, 2016, it was reported that Carter was willing to return to the Alouettes following the mutual departure of general manager Jim Popp.
[38] On October 20, 2017, Carter started the game as a cornerback, recording two defensive tackles, one for loss and one interception, which he returned 37-yards for a touchdown.
[40] The Roughriders made the playoffs as a crossover team, and Carter recorded 11 catches for 150 yards and a score during the two games played.
He also was the target for a pass which was intercepted by Cassius Vaughn during the CFL East final game, which the Roughriders lost to Toronto.
On January 22, 2018, Carter signed a one-year contract extension with the Roughriders: He was slated to become a free agent in February 2018.
Immediately following his release there were four teams rumored to be interested in signing Carter – the Toronto Argonauts, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, BC Lions and Montreal Alouettes .
[51] The 2018 season saw Carter's lowest receiving output of his 5-year CFL career, largely due to playing defense for 5 games with Saskatchewan, spending several weeks without a team, and slowly being phased into the new Toronto playbook.
Other factors include contributing as a returner on special teams, and playing with 5 different quarterbacks during the season; Zach Collaros, Brandon Bridge, and David Watford of the Roughriders, and McLeod Bethel-Thompson and James Franklin of the Argonauts all completed at least one pass to Carter.
During the offseason, Carter stated he would consider retirement if a new collective bargaining agreement was not reached by the beginning of free agency on February 12, 2019.
[59] On February 14, 2022, it was announced that Carter had signed with the Edmonton Elks to play as a defensive back with Chris Jones' defence.