2018 DE Carter seeing strong interest from ND

Southfield, Mich., 2018 defensive end Andre Carter camped with more than a half dozen schools this summer and will emerge from July with 13 scholarship offers. Notre Dame has not offered yet, but the rising junior is seeing strong interest from the Fighting Irish.

“I have a great connection with Notre Dame because (2016 signee) Khalid Kareem is my cousin,” Carter said. “I got great feedback and I still keep in contact with those guys. Coach (Keith) Gilmore is my favorite. I actually just talked to Coach Gilmore the other day. They want to see early season/mid-season film on the d-line.”

Besides Notre Dame, Carter attended camps at Penn State, Syracuse, Cincinnati, Michigan State, Kent State, Miami (Ohio) and Tennessee this summer. Several of those schools have since offered.

Of the 13 schools that have offered Carter, Boston College and Iowa State are the first from the Power Five Conferences.

“Iowa State, that was pretty surprising and I was happy about that,” Carter said. “I learned they have a pretty good defense and a really nice defensive line coach. I have plans to visit, and want to go to one of their home games.”

Carter knows of Iowa State’s 2016 signee out of southeast Michigan, wide receiver Jalen Martin, but has not spoken with him since the Cyclones offered.

The 6-foot-4, 237-pound Carter is coming off a sophomore season in which he recorded 10 sacks from his defensive end position.