The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2023 Football Roster
Roster
Trill Carter
- Position:
- DL
- Height:
- 6-2
- Hometown:
- Leesburg, Ga.
- Weight:
- 300
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Crisp County
- Previous School:
- Minnesota
A one-year defensive lineman who appeared in 13 games … transferred from Minnesota and enrolled at UT in summer 2023 … named honorable mention Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year in 2023.
SENIOR (2023)
Honorable mention Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year … appeared in 13 games … totaled nine tackles (two solo), 1.5 tackles for loss, one sack, one forced fumble and one quarterback hurry … made his Longhorn debut in the season-opening win against Rice, collected two tackles (one solo) and one QB hurry … had two tackles and half a tackle for loss in the Red River Rivalry against Oklahoma … made two tackles against Kansas State … had a sack for a five-yard loss and forced a fumble at TCU … registered tackles at Iowa State and against Texas Tech … appeared in the Longhorn wins versus Wyoming, Baylor, Houston and BYU, as well as in the Big 12 Championship Game against Oklahoma State and the CFP semifinal against Washington.
BEFORE TEXAS
A transfer from Minnesota who played in 32 games with 24 starts during his career with the Golden Gophers from 2020-22 … totaled 55 tackles (29 solo), 8.5 tackles for loss, four sacks, one interception and three pass deflections … an All-Big Ten Honorable Mention selection by the conference’s coaches in 2022 … started all 13 games in 2022, totaling 19 tackles (10 solo), two tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks ... played in 12 games with 11 starts as a sophomore in 2021, making 20 tackles (12 solo), with five tackles for loss and one sack ... named Minnesota’s Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year in 2019 ... a three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree (2020-22).
HIGH SCHOOL
A consensus three-star recruit ... No. 67 ranked defensive tackle by 247Sports composite rankings ... attended Lee County High School in Leesburg, Ga. ... transferred to Lee County High School from Crisp County High School as a senior and helped the team win a state title with four sacks and a forced fumble in the championship game ... named MVP of state championship game ... as a junior, recorded 11 tackles, one sack and one forced fumble in two games ... as a sophomore, recorded 76 tackles, three sacks and forced one fumble ... as a freshman, recorded 67 tackles, 2.5 sacks and forced two fumbles ... coached by Dean Fabrizio at Lee County.
PERSONAL
Son of Sabrina Carter and stepfather Freddie Buford Jr.
