75th Anniversary All-Sun Bowl Team
Tyrone Carter
Defensive Back • Minnesota
1999 Sun Bowl
Recorded the highest tackle total of the last 15
years with 18 stops against Oregon ... named the 1999 Jim Thorpe Award winner,
which is given to the nation's top defensive back ... the first Gopher to earn
consecutive All-America honors since Bobby Bell in 1961-62 ... was twice named
the winner of the Carl Eller Award as the Gophers Defensive Player of the Year
... holds the school career records with 528 total tackles (414 solo) ... his 528
career tackles are the most ever by a defensive back in the FBS, topping 481 by
Mike Staid of Tulane (1991-94) ... his 414 solo tackles set an FBS career record
for all positions, surpassing the previous of 401 mark set by Greg Garnica of
Ball State (1986-89) ... drafted in the fourth round of the 2000 NFL Draft by the
Minnesota Vikings ... currently in his ninth season in the NFL with the
Pittsburgh Steelers ... has recorded 332 career tackles, 18 pass deflections and
four interceptions in the NFL ... a native of Pompano Beach, Fla.
1999 Sun Bowl