Skip To Main Content

Columbia University Athletics

Ivy League, opens in new tab.

2024 Football Roster

23 Carter McFadden

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Weight 180
  • Hometown Montgomery, N.J.
  • Previous School Montgomery
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Economics

Biography

2024: Honorable Mention All-Ivy League … Started all 10 games at corner back and served as team’s primary punt and kickoff returner … Compiled 50 tackles, three interceptions and 12 pass breakups for the year … Ranked No. 4 in FCS in passes defended (1.5/game) …  Registered 10 tackles in win at Brown … Picked off two passes in win at Wagner … Had five tackles and an interception in win over No. 18 Lafayette.

2023: Honorable Mention All-Ivy League as return specialist … Started all 10 games in defensive backfield … Ranked third in the Ivy League in kickoff returns (23.2) and punt returns (10.2) … Recorded 49 tackles, one interception and four pass breakups… Picked off a pass and set career-high with 10 tackles at Cornell … Contributed seven tackles in shutout win over Marist … Posted season-highs with a 48-yard punt return and 35-yard kickoff runout in a win over Georgetown.

2022: Played in 10 contests … Served as team’s primary punt returner and was in the defensive back rotation … Averaged 20.0 yards per return with a career-long of 28 at Harvard … Made three tackles with a TFL in season-opening win at Marist.
 
2021: Saw action in one game as a defensive back and on special teams … Contributed primarily on the scout team.
 
2020: Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2020 graduate of Montgomery High School in Skillman, N.J., where he earned three football letters for Head Coach Zoran Milich … Two-time All-State honoree on defense … Named the Trenton Times Area co-Defensive Player of the Year … Two-time All-Conference as a defender … Nominated for the Mini Maxwell Football Club … Named the Skyland Conference Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year … Served as team captain as a senior … Played free safety and wide receiver … Led the state of New Jersey in interceptions with nine a senior … In three-year career, totaled 202 tackles, intercepted 12 passes, scored 132 points, registered 1,098 receiving yards and 16 touchdown receptions, and scored three special teams touchdowns … As a senior in 2019, made 86 tackles, intercepted nine passes, recovered three fumbles on defense and totaled 84 points, caught 47 passes for 775 receiving yards and 10 touchdown receptions and ran for two more touchdowns … Led the Cougars to 2019 Mid-State 38 Raritan Division title … Caught two touchdown passes (3-112 yards) including the go-ahead 55-yard score early in the fourth quarter, made 13 tackles, and picked off two passes late in the game to help defeat Watchung Hills … Caught 13 passes for 55 yards and a touchdown, registered two 10 tackles, and intercepted two passes and recovered three fumbles vs. Hightstown … Made 19 tackles, caught four passes for 71 yards and a touchdown vs. Cranford … Intercepted two passes vs. Immaculata … Caught eight passes, including three for touchdowns for 136 yards, registered a pick-six to help clinch the division title against North Hunterdon … Caught two passes for 101 yards and a touchdown vs. Scotch Plains-Fanwood … Caught 11 passes for a career-best 213 yards and a touchdown, made 11 tackles vs. Randolph … As a junior in 2018, made 104 tackles, intercepted three passes, scored 84 points, finished with 323 receiving yards and six touchdown receptions … Earned a total of nine varsity letters including six in track and field … Earned All-Conference honors in track and field … Two-time team captain in track and field … Competed in the sprints … Personal-bests include a 10.79 in the 100-meter dash and 21.6 in the 200-meter dash … Placed seventh in the state in the 100-meter dash … National Honor Society member … Honor Roll student … Peer Leader … Involved in a variety of community service activities: Habitat for Humanity, Justicworx, worked on building a site Appalachia, W.Va. for a whole week, worked on building a home with Habitat for Humanity … Also spent a week in Philadelphia volunteering at the Boys and Girls Club.
 
PERSONAL: Grandfather earned his graduate degree from Columbia University...Enrolled at Columbia College.

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

No statistics available for this season.

Career Statistics

There are no statistics available for this player.

Historical Player Information

  • 49

    2020First Year

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 175 lbs
    49
  • 23

    2021Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 180 lbs
    23
  • 23

    2022Junior

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 190 lbs
    23
  • 23

    2023Senior

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 180 lbs
    23
  • 23

    2024Senior

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 180 lbs
    23