2020 USC Football Roster
Roster
Stephen Carr
- Position:
- Tailback
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Gardena, CA
- High School:
- Summit HS
CAREER: In his career, Carr has run for 1,329 yards on 264 carries (5.0 avg) with 12 TDs, caught 57 passes for 421 yards (7.4 avg) with 1 TD, returned 15 kickoffs for 321 yards (21.4 avg) and made 1 tackle. He has appeared in 35 games in his career, starting 6 times.
2021: The veteran Carr, a 1,000-yard career rusher, will be a key component of USC’s tailback corps as a senior in 2021.
2020: Carr was a main part of USC’s running attack as a senior tailback in 2020. Overall in 2020 while appearing in all 6 games and starting 3 times (Arizona State, Arizona, Oregon), he ran for 176 yards on 46 carries (3.8 avg) with 2 TDs and caught 10 passes for 64 yards (6.4 avg).
He had 45 yards on 10 carries with a short TD and caught 5 passes for 12 yards against Arizona State. He ran for 81 yards on 11 tries with a TD at Arizona, then had a carry for minus 3 yards at Utah. He had 9 yards on 4 carries and a 3-yard reception against Washington State, then had 5 yards on 7 carries and caught a 9-yard pass at UCLA. He ran for 40 yards on 12 carries and had another 40 yards on 3 receptions against Oregon.
2019: Carr was a vital part of the tailback rotation as a junior in 2019. Overall in 2019 while appearing in 10 games (all but Colorado, Oregon, Arizona State) and starting once (Arizona), he ran for 396 yards on 72 carries (5.5 avg) with 5 TDs, caught 22 passes for 143 yards (6.5 avg) with 1 TD and returned 6 kickoffs for 106 yards (17.7 avg). He strained his left hamstring against Arizona and missed the next 3 games (Colorado, Oregon, Arizona State).
He had 56 rushing yards on 6 carries (9.3 average) with a 14-yard TD against Fresno State, 33 yards on 6 carries with a 25-yard TD and he also had a 3-yard reception against Stanford, then added 22 yards on 9 rushes, had 3 catches for 29 yards and returned 3 kickoffs for 46 yards at BYU. He had 3 carries for minus 16 yards, caught 2 passes for 7 yards and had a 33-yard kickoff return against Utah, then ran for 94 yards on 7 carries (with a 60-yard run) and had a catch for no yards at Washington. He 44 yards on 9 carries, caught 2 passes for 21 yards and had a 20-yard kickoff return at Notre Dame, then had 33 yards on 7 carries along with an 11-yard reception against Arizona before leaving with a strained hamstring. After missing 3 games with the injury, he had 19 yards on 9 carries with a 2-yard TD along with 2 receptions for 2 yards at California, then had a game-high 87 yards on 11 carries with a 2-yard TD and also had a 21-yard reception against UCLA. He ran for 24 yards on 5 carries (with a short TD) and had 3 catches for 6 yards against Iowa.
2018: Carr, a sophomore tailback who had an impressive 2017 debut rushing and receiving, saw action in USC’s first 9 games in 2018 (starting once, against Washington State) before spraining his right ankle at Oregon State and being sidelined the rest of the season. Overall in 2018, he ran for 384 yards on 81 carries (4.7 avg) with 2 TDs, caught 8 passes for 26 yards (3.2 avg) and returned 6 kickoffs for 151 yards (25.2 avg). He missed 2018 spring practice while recovering from off-season back surgery.
He had 54 yards on 9 carries and returned a kickoff for 73 yards against UNLV, then added 52 yards on 10 attempts and also caught 3 passes for 12 yards at Stanford. He had 13 yards on 6 carries with a 23-yard TD burst and also caught 2 passes for 7 yards at Texas. He had 77 yards on 8 rushes and also caught 2 passes for 2 yards and returned 2 kickoffs for 38 yards against Washington State, then added 80 yards on 14 carries at Arizona. He had 20 yards on 12 tries against Colorado, then 23 yards on 12 carries, a 5-yard catch and a 22-yard kickoff return at Utah and 16 yards on 4 carries and returned a kickoff for 2 yards against Arizona State. He had 49 yards on 6 carries with an 8-yard TD and he returned a kickoff 16 yards at Oregon State before spraining his ankle late in the game.
2017: Carr made an instant impression as an often-used backup tailback as a first-year freshman in 2017. Overall in 2017 while appearing in 10 games (all but Oregon State, Utah, Notre Dame and Arizona State, all of which he missed while recuperating from a sprained right ankle suffered at Washington State) and starting once (California), he had 363 yards on 65 carries (5.6 avg) with 3 TDs, plus he caught 17 passes for 188 yards (11.1 avg), had 3 kickoff returns for 64 yards (21.3 avg) and made a tackle. He made 2017 All-Pac-12 honorable mention.
He debuted against Western Michigan with 69 yards and 2 scores (1 and 52 yards) on 7 carries for a 9.9 average (it was the most rushing TDs by a Trojan true freshman in an opener since Charles White had 93 in 1976 against Missouri) and he also caught 3 passes for 23 yards. He had 119 yards on 11 carries (a 10.8 average), caught an 18-yard pass and had a tackle against Stanford. He had 28 yards on 9 carries and had 3 catches for 42 yards against Texas. At California, he had a game-high 82 yards on 29 carries, with a 2-yard TD, and also caught 6 passes for 47 yards as he became the first USC first-year freshman to start at tailback since Dillon Baxter did so against Arizona State in 2010. He had 11 yards on 5 carries and returned 2 kicks for 52 yards at Washington State before getting injured. He gained 10 yards on 3 rushes and also caught a 10-yard pass against Arizona State. He had a 2-yard run, caught 2 passes for 49 yards and returned a kickoff 12 yards against UCLA, then added 42 yards on 7 carries against Stanford in the Pac-12 Championship Game. He had 2 carries for no yards and a reception for minus 1 yard against Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl.
HIGH SCHOOL: He made 2016 Prep Star All-American Dream Team, Max Preps All-American first team, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, USA Today All-California first team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State second team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State Medium Schools first team, All-CIF Division 6, Orange County Register Fab 15 first team and Riverside Press-Enterprise All-Area second team as a senior running back at Summit High in Fontana (Calif.). In 2016, he ran for 2,123 yards on 233 carries (9.1 avg) with 31 TDs, plus caught 20 passes for 466 yards (23.3 avg) with 5 TDs, returned 5 kickoffs for 170 yards (34.0 avg) and 4 punts for 83 yards (20.8 avg) and made 12 tackles.
As a junior in 2015, he made USA Today All-California second team Cal-Hi Sports All-State Junior first team and All-CIF Central Division.
PERSONAL: He is a communication major at USC.
