He registered 48 tackles (11 for loss), 10 sacks (school record for freshman), 14 quarterback pressures and 4 passes defensed.
As a sophomore, he was dismissed from the school, for academic reasons, and he lost his mother to a terrible car crash as well as his grandmother (natural causes) all in a couple of months.
Carver overcame all the setbacks and personal loss and was later admitted back into Arizona State University as a student athlete.
He was a four-year starter, that recorded double-figure sacks in each of his collegiate seasons, had 20-or-more quarterback pressures and was named the team defensive MVP, in all but his freshman year.
His athletic ability also allowed him to walk-on to the basketball team during the 1992–93 season, playing in 9 contests, while averaging 0.4 points and 0.8 rebounds per game.
Looking for a successor to replace Charles Haley and Tony Tolbert in the 1994 NFL draft, the Dallas Cowboys tried to trade up to acquire Willie McGinest.
[5] In 1995, he did not have a good regular season, making 21 tackles (one for loss), 2.5 sacks, 3 quarterback pressures and one pass defensed.
In 1996, the Cowboys drafted Kavika Pittman to have a replacement ready in case his lack of production continued.
[6] He started the final 7 games of the regular season and both playoff contests in place of an injured Haley, while registering 33 tackles (one for loss), 3 sacks, 8 quarterback pressures, one pass defensed and one forced fumble.