Two former football players for the Florida Gators have inked new deals with the NFL.
Zach Carter, a defensive lineman, revealed on Tuesday that he has extended his contract with the Las Vegas Raiders. His new contract’s specifics are not yet known.
On October 10, Carter signed a contract to join the practice squad. Eleven days later, he was added to the Raiders’ active roster. Carter has 13 tackles and one sack in eight games with Las Vegas.
After being selected in the third round of the 2022 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals, Carter started his career with 68 tackles (28 solo), two sacks, two tackles for loss, one forced fumble, and three passes defensed in 45 games with 16 starts.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that offensive tackle Fred Johnson will sign a one-year contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Johnson left the Philadelphia Eagles as a free agent after three years with the franchise including last-year’s Super Bowl victory.
He was cut the following October after first signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2019 as an undrafted free agent. Following that, Johnson played with the Bengals for the remainder of the 2019 season as well as the whole 2020 and 2021 seasons.
Johnson played the most of the 2022 season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after being cut loose by Cincinnati prior to the season. He was then waived and signed with the Eagles. He played as a depth piece at tackle for three years in Philadelphia, spending time on the active roster and practice squad.
NFL Gators: Additional Offseason Actions
The recent additions of Carter and Johnson to the league are the most recent in a string of movements by former Gators.
Recently, the Buffalo Bills traded former first-round pick and former UF corner Kaiir Elam to the Dallas Cowboys, uniting him with former Florida quarterback-turned Cowboys’ head coach Brian Schottenheimer.
Additionally, former UF quarterback Kyle Trask, the Gators’ most-recent Heisman Trophy finalist and the program’s all-time leader for passing touchdowns in a season, re-signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to be Baker Mayfield’s backup.
Trask inked a one-year deal worth $2.787 million, according to Ian Rappaport, which makes Trask just the second quarterback drafted by Tampa Bay, and fourth overall, in the Buccaneers’ history to sign a second contract with the franchise.
Johnson is also the second former Gator to depart from Philadelphia after defensive back CJ Gardner-Johnson was traded to the Houston Texans.
Cornerback Marco Wilson and defensive tackle TJ Slaton, who both signed with the Cincinnati Bengals, complete the bunch. According to Schefter, Wilson re-signed with the Green Bay Packers to a one-year, $1.52 million contract, while Slaton got a two-year, $15.1 million deal after his rookie contract with the team ended.
