Cornerback Alex Carter missed nearly the entire calendar year of his rookie campaign a season ago. He didn’t take part in OTAs last year because NFL rules barred him from being in Allen Park until the end of his academic year at Stanford in June.
When he arrived for training camp, he suffered an ankle injury very early that lingered and kept him on the sideline all of camp. He was placed on short-term injured reserve to start the season, but by the time he returned to practice for a three-week span midseason, he was so far behind coaches couldn’t put him on the 53-man roster.