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2024 NIU Football Roster

Mark Kuhlmann
Mark Kuhlmann
Mark Kuhlmann
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Gaelen Morse
Gaelen Morse

11 Chris Carter

  • Height 6-7
  • Weight 240
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Position Tight End
  • Hometown Detroit, Mich.
  • High School Detroit Country Day
  • Prev School Howard

Biography

Career
• Played in 23 games over two seasons at NIU (2023-24) and in 49 total games, including 26 at Howard (2019-22).
• Career totals include 29 catches for 456 yards and five touchdowns for an average of 15.7 yards/catch.

2024
• Played primarily on special teams in 2024.
• Saw action in 10 games in his final season.
• Member of the field goal/PAT and kickoff return units.
• Saw time on offense versus Western Illinois (8-31), UMass (10-5) and Ball State (10-26).
• Missed the Notre Dame (9-7), Buffalo (9-21) and Fresno State (12-23) games. 

2023
• Played in all 13 games and started five in his first season as a grad transfer NIU.
• Caught 12 passes for 178 yards and two touchdowns. 
• His 14.8 yards/catch average ranked third on the team.
• Hauled in a 12-yard touchdown catch at Toledo (9-30). 
• Made a pair of receptions for 15 yards at Central Michigan (10-31).
• His season-long 33-yard catch came versus Western Michigan (11-14).
• Scored his first touchdown as a Huskie at Nebraska (9-16) on a four-yard pass from Ethan Hampton.
• Caught three passes for 54 yards against SIU (9-9).
• Tied for the team-high in receiving yards with 46 in win at Boston College (9-2).
• His 32-yard reception in the second quarter put the Huskies in the red zone en route to their first score of the game.
• Finished his MBA from the NIU College of Business in May 2024. 

2020-22 AT HOWARD
2022 (Fall): 
Played in 10 games … Caught eight passes for 96 yards and two touchdowns … Longest catch was 28 yards against Harvard … Caught both of his touchdowns against Hampton … Had three catches against Hampton … He also recovered an onside kick against Hampton … Helped Howard earn a share of the MEAC regular season championship, it's first since 1993.

2021 (Fall): Named to the 2021 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Football All-Academic Team.

2021 (Spring): Selected to the 2021 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Commissioner's All-Academic Team.
 
PERSONAL
• Birthday is March 4.
• Hobbies are biking and networking.
• The person he admires most is his mother because she has made so many sacrifices to put him in the position he is in today...

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2023Redshirt Junior

    Tight End
    6'7" 240 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2024Redshirt Senior

    Tight End
    6'7" 240 lbs
    11