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Harry Carson
South Carolina State
Carson was
a four-year letterman at South Carolina State from 1971-75.
He set a then school -record and Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference record for sacks with 17 in 1975. He also set
school and conference records with 112 tackles as a senior.
He was named MEAC Defensive Player of the Year in both 1974
and 1975, becoming the first player to win the honor
back-to-back. He was All-State, All-MEAC, and
All-American in 1974 and 1975, and runner up for South
Carolina Player of the Year in 1975. He anchored
the 1975 team that set a still-standing NCAA record for points
allowed with 29 in 10 games. The team had six shutouts,
and his team's finished with a 23-6-2 regular season record
during his three years as a starter.
Carson was drafted
in the fourth round of the National Football League draft
by the New York Giants in 1976. He went on to a stellar
13-year career that included nine Pro Bowl appearances
in 10 years from 1978-1987, with 1980 as the only season in
that period where he wasn't selected for the Pro Bowl . He was
voted All-NFL in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985 and 1986.
His 13 years with the Giants is the sixth longest period by
any player in franchise history and is just two seasons shy of
the record of 15 years by Phil Simms and Me Hein. He
played on the Giants' 1986 Super Bowl Championship team.
He was named to the Sheridan Broadcasting Network 100 Year
Anniversary Black College All-America Team, the Division II
Team of the Quarter Century (1973-96), and he is a member
of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Hall of Fame and the
South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame.
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