100 Days to Football Time in Oklahoma: #20 Lewis Carter By: Ryan Lewis Posted on: August 13, 2023

Player Profile

Position: Linebacker

Height: 6’0″

Weight: 213

Class: Freshman

Seasons at OU: 0

Hometown: Tampa, FL

Previous School: Tampa Catholic HS

The Path to Norman

Lewis Carter usually has one word associated with his on-field play: violent. The linebacker from Florida held offers from many top programs, including Clemson, Ohio State, and Florida. However, he visited in Norman in the summer of 2022, shortly after his OU offer, and it was all Sooner from there. Carter committed later that summer.

Highlights

This Season

The inside linebacker spot is extremely talented at OU, but certainly light on experience. Danny Stutsman is the lone seasoned player with the Sooners, although transfer Konnor Near brings a wealth of experience as well. Stutsman is set to start, with Jaran Kanak seeming to edge Near at the other spot for now. There are several other exciting options behind those three, creating a logjam. However, word has been very promising on Carter through the summer, with Coach Venables mentioning his physicality. It’s hard to know how much he’ll see the field in his freshman year, but Carter is the type of player who, once he sees snaps, will be almost impossible to take off the field.