Carter committed to the Baylor Bears at the beginning of his junior year in high school.
At the time, Baylor was going through the murder of student-athlete Patrick Dennehy and numerous NCAA violations.
Scored season-high 22 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the floor, including a season-best 5-of-8 from 3-point range in a win over Prairie View A&M on December 31.
During his senior year, Carter, along with transfer Ekpe Udoh, led Baylor to the Elite Eight and was named fourth team All-American by Sporting News Magazine.
In June 2010, Carter joined the New Jersey Nets for the Orlando Pro Summer League 2010.
[9] In December 2012, he moved to Czech Republic and signed with ČEZ Nymburk for the rest of the season.
[11] On January 17, 2014, he parted ways with them [12] and signed with ASVEL Basket of France for the rest of the season.