LITTLE ROCK, Ark. --- Tusculum College wide receiver Rashaad Carter has been selected to play in the 2012 Players All-Star Classic, this Saturday at 4 p.m. at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Ark.
The Players All-Star Classic includes players from all levels of college football who are rated as prospects for the 2012 National Football League Draft.
Carter, the program's all-time leader in receiving yards, will be playing for the South Team and will join fellow receivers Darius Reynolds (Iowa State), Wes Kemp (Missouri), Toney Clemons (Colorado) and Brandon Bostick (Newberry).
The Players All-Star Classic will be televised live on both on Comcast /Charter Sports Southeast (CSS) and Cox Sports Television (CST) and can be seen locally on Greeneville Comcast Cable Channel 37.
The 6-3, 205-pound senior from Decatur, Ga. led the Pioneers with 1,056 receiving yards, the third-best single-season tally in school history, while earning All-Region and All-South Atlantic Conference honors. Carter becomes the first player in Tusculum history to record over 1,000 receiving yards in multiple seasons, following last year's 1,004-yard effort.
In 2011, Carter made 70 receptions (T6th in TC history), while averaging 96 receiving yards per game, which were second in the conference 14th in the nation. His eight touchdown catches this year are tied for sixth in Tusculum history, while his 23 career touchdown catches are second in school history. He also averaged 6.36 receptions per game, which were 25th in Division II.
Carter's 2,928 receiving yards are a school record and the seventh-most in SAC history, while his 210 career receptions are second-most at Tusculum and fourth in the league record books. He is tied with Gist for the most career games with 100 receiving yards (12), including six times in 2011.
Carter and teammate Deonte Gist established a NCAA II record this year for the most career receptions by two players from the same team. Carter (210) and Gist (207) combined for 417 catches between them from 2008-2011. The TC duo was the top two receivers for a Tusculum offense that averaged 311 passing yards per game (7th in NCAA II).
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