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Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Date of birth: | August 4, 1983 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
College: | Arkansas | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2004 / Round: 1 / Pick: 25 | ||||||||
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Player stats at ArenaFan.com |
Tackles: | 127 |
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Interceptions: | 3 |
Pass deflections: | 17 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Ahmad Raheem Carroll (born August 4, 1983) is a former American football cornerback. He played college football at Arkansas and was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the first round of the 2004 NFL Draft.
Carroll was also a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Orlando Predators, New York Jets, Calgary Stampeders, Hartford Colonials, Virginia Destroyers, Arizona Rattlers and Toronto Argonauts.
Ahmad Carroll was born August 4, 1983 to Artie and Carrolyn Carroll in Atlanta, Georgia. In his earlier years, Ahmad ran track for the D.C. Motion Track Club and also played Pop Warner football. During his years playing Pop Warner football, he earned the nickname "Batman" after repeatedly jumping over an offensive lineman. He later attended Frederick Douglass High School in Atlanta where he was an All-Area cornerback, as well as tailback. Tom Lemming’s Prep Football Report rated Ahmad as the nation’s No. 26 overall player, while Super Prep rated him as the second-best among all the nation’s defensive backs. He was rated the best defensive back in the nation by Prep Star, while Rivals100.com called him the second-best cornerback in the nation. Blue Chip Illustrated rated Ahmad the second-best cornerback in the nation and the fourth-best overall player in Georgia. He was an ESPN/Reebok All-American selection as he recorded 70 tackles as a senior. He chose to accept a scholarship to the University of Arkansas.
Carroll excelled in two sports at the University of Arkansas as both a sprinter for the track team and a cornerback for the football team. He finished his college football career with the following statistics: