Carter Coughlin was the 13th most athletic recruit at The Opening, Nike's elite summer recruiting training camp. That number might be the eye-popping lead, but it's not the only good result for Carter's first day in Oregon. Some other tidbits from the testing sessions (full rankings for all recruits and linebackers are in the tables below):
- Carter was the 2nd highest rated linebacker. The kid who finished first (Jeffrey McCulloch) was the #4 player overall.
- Carter's power ball toss (42.5 feet) ranked 10th among all recruits and 1st among linebackers.
- Among the linebackers, Carter also had the 2nd 40 time (4.