Rice walk-on packs big heart into college football's smallest frame By Graham Watson Jayson Carter joined the Rice football team as a walk-on last week, and already he's the biggest thing on the field — mostly because he's the smallest thing. Carter, a running back, is 4-foot-9, 130 pounds, qualifying him for dwarfism according to an advocacy group, Little People of America, and making him one of the smallest players to ever play the game at any level. Other players who have checked in at the 5-foot-something range — LSU's kick returner Trindon Holliday was 5-5, and Kansas State receiver Brandon Banks was 5-7, and of course, who could forget Notre Dame defensive end Rudy Ruettiger at 5-6 to name a few — but the list of FBS players under 5-feet is very short (pun absolutely intended). Carter, however, doesn't see his size as a limitation. "If they ever come up with a device that measures the heart and put it on top of my head, they'll see I'm 6-9," said Carter told a local TV station. Rice coach David Bailiff doesn't see Carter's size as a limitation either. Bailiff said he plans to somehow get Carter on the field this year. In what role, he didn't know, but Carter put up decent stats at Kipp High School, a charter school in Houston. According to the website BeRecruited.com, Carter managed 1233 yards and 18 touchdowns during his career at Kipp, but his most impressive stats come on defense where he had 92 tackles, 152 assisted tackles, three sacks and an interception. It's <b>...</b>
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