Dale Lavelle Carter is a former American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 cornerback

Cornerback

A cornerback is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in American and Canadian football. Cornerbacks cover receivers, to defend against pass offenses and make tackles. Other members of the defensive backfield include the safeties and occasionally linebackers. The cornerback position...

 who played for the Kansas City Chiefs

Kansas City Chiefs

The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...

 (1992–1998), Denver Broncos

Denver Broncos

The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 (1999–2000), Minnesota Vikings

Minnesota Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...

 (2001), New Orleans Saints

New Orleans Saints

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 (2002–2003), and Baltimore Ravens

Baltimore Ravens

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 (2003–2005).

Professional career

Carter was drafted as a cornerback by the Chiefs in the 1992 NFL Draft

1992 NFL Draft

The 1992 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 26–27, 1992. The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft...

 out of the University of Tennessee

University of Tennessee

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In 1992

1992 NFL season

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 Carter was named the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year

NFL Rookie of the Year Award

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After six seasons in Kansas City in which he shone on the field but was involved with the law several times, Carter signed a four year, $22.8 million dollar contract with the Broncos in 1999 making him the NFL's highest-paid defensive back. After a poor year, Carter was suspended for the entire 2000 season due to a fourth substance abuse violation before being released during the 2001 season. He would then play for the Vikings, Saints and Ravens before retiring after the 2005 season.

Upon retirement, Carter started a non profit organization to assist young men and women from making the same mistakes that he made. The Dale Carter Foundation is based out of Covington Ga and Dallas/Ft.Worth TX and it's vision is "To empower and enhance the lives of today's youth by giving them a voice of hope". The website was www.DaleCarterFoundation.com