Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

IN 2023
- FCS Football Central All-UAC Second Team
- Phil Steele All-UAC Third Team
Played in all 11 games ... recorded a career-best 714 yards on 120 attempts rushing on the year with four touchdowns ... added 21 receptions for 147 yards ... cracked 100 yards rushing in a game twice with 138 on 20 carries against North Alabama (Sept. 30) and 125 on 20 carries against Utah Tech (Oct. 28)... recorded rushing touchdowns in four straight games in weeks five through eight.

IN 2022 (EKU)
Played in nine games ... rushed 55 times for 303 yards and three touchdowns ... also caught eight passes for 66 yards ... tallied 125 yards on 13 carries, both career highs, and a touchdown against Central Arkansas (Nov. 5) ... career-high 21 receiving yards and first career rushing touchdown against North Alabama (Oct. 22) ... rushed for 39 yards and a touchdown against Jacksonville State (Nov. 12).

IN 2021 (USA)
Redshirted.

IN 2020 (USA)
Appeared in each of the Jaguars’ final seven outings of the season ... one tackle of the year was an assisted stop at No. 25 Louisiana.

IN 2019 (USA)
Played in 10 games his first year with the program ... was credited with a solo stop in his home debut as the Jaguars defeated Jackson State ... made an assisted the tackle the following week against Memphis.

HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered in football, track and weightlifting at Navarre High ... set school season and career records for tackles, stops for loss, sacks and forced fumbles as a linebacker ... posted 341 stops over four seasons, including 42 behind the line of scrimmage highlighted by 21 sacks ... was named first-team all-state as a senior after recording 128 tackles, four forced fumbles and a pair of interceptions while helping the Raiders go 11-2 after advancing to the quarterfinals of the state 6A playoffs ... made 106 stops to earn second-team all-state honors his junior year as his efforts helped NHS to a 9-2 overall mark following a first-round victory in the state playoffs ... a third-team all-state selection on the defensive line as a sophomore after posting 31 tackles for loss — including 10½ sacks — among his 83 total stops as the Raiders advanced to the semifinals of the state playoffs en route to a 12-2 final record ... NHS went 10-1 his first year on the varsity when he was credited with 24 stops including 4½ sacks ... was the state champion in the 219-pound division at the state 2A weightlifting meet each of his last two years, recording a combined total of 705 pounds in the bench press and clean and jerk when he was a junior.

PERSONAL
Full name is Joshua Anthony Carter ... son of Tony Carter and Suzette Ellington ... father, Tony, played football at South Carolina State ... oldest brother, Dwayne, lettered as a running back at Harding (Ark.) from 2015-16 ... older brother, Michael, was a four-year letterwinner at North Carolina, ending his career fourth on the school’s all-time rushing list with 3,404 yards before being drafted by the New York Jets in the fourth round of the 2021 National Football League Draft... Joshua Graduated Fall of'23 with a Bachelors in Sport Management, working on his MBA.