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The Badger Herald - Carter’s siblings a ‘safety’ net

by Greg Schmitz
Tuesday, April 15, 2008

The Carter family definitely has the athletic gene.

Butch Carter played college basketball under Bob Knight at Indiana before going on to play six years in the NBA.

Cris Carter was a standout wide receiver at Ohio State before becoming a future Hall of Famer after 15 years in the NFL.

So when Shane Carter was born in 1987, right around the same time Cris began his NFL career and Butch ended his NBA career, it was no surprise he got involved in sports at a young age.

“With everybody in my family playing sports and my father wanted us to play, [it] kind of gave me the gateway to get in, but once I started playing I just had a love for it,” Carter said. “I loved to go out there and just play anything. That’s all I really ever knew was playing ball.”

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