West Virginia University Athletics

• Played in 34 career games with two starts

2024 (r-Jr.)

• Played in 12 games and started two
• Added depth at linebacker and used extensively on special teams
• Used on 418 plays, including 279 on defense
• Season-high 54 defensive snaps against Baylor
• Season-high 16 special teams snaps against Kansas State and Baylor
• Fifth-leading tackler on the team with 54 tackles, including 17 solo stops, 1.5 tackles for loss and a forced fumble
• Had eight tackles, including assisting on a tackle for loss at Texas Tech
• Season-best 16 tackles against Baylor
• WVU Juice Award: Oklahoma State
• WVU Defensive Champion: Albany
• Enrolled at WVU in January 2024

2023 (r-So.) - Ohio State

• Played for coach Ryan Day at Ohio State
• Academic All-Big Ten Conference
• Played in the first 10 games of the season, mostly on special teams, before missing the final three games

2022 (r-Fr.) - Ohio State

• Academic All-Big Ten Conference
• Ohio State Scholar-Athlete
• Played in eight games on special teams

2021 (Fr.) - Ohio State

• Ohio State Scholar-Athlete
• Saw action against Akron, Rutgers, Maryland ad Michigan State 

High School

• Two-way player and starting running back for coach Trevon Pendelton at Ironton
• First player ever to be named the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Southeast District Player of the Year on offense and defense in the same season
• Earned all-conference First Team and all-district honors
• Ohio’s Defensive Player of the Year in 2019 by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters
• Had 56 tackles, including four sacks and 17 tackles for loss in 12 games as a senior in 2020
• Rushed for 1,544 yards and 25 touchdowns in helping Ironton reach the Division V state championship game
• Had 187 yards on 29 carries in a 22-19 win over Roger Bacon in the state semifinals
• Rushed for more than 3,000 yards with 48 career touchdowns
• Rated No. 4 player in Ohio and a consensus four-star prospect
• Ranked No. 84 nationally regardless of position by 247Sports.com
• Dubbed nation’s fifth-ranked linebacker prospect

Personal

• Son of Shelley and the late Gary Carrico
• His great uncle, Earl Webb, holds the MLB record for most doubles in a season
• One of two children (1 brother)
• Graduated with his bachelor’s degree in integrated studies in May 2024 and his master’s degree in business administration in May 2025
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll