Northwestern State University of Louisana

Football, 1988-92

School career tackles king with 521 stops (90 more than anyone else) including a season-record 176 as a senior in 1991 ... a fearsome force at linebacker, Carron was a 1991 consensus All-American ... was one first-place vote (3 points) shy of winning the 1991 Walter Payton Award as the best player in Division I-AA, finishing second to Weber State QB Jamie Martin, before the Buck Buchanan Award for the nation’s top defender was created (he would have won it) in senior season when he was responsible for 10 turnovers (5 forced fumbles, 4 recoveries, 1 interception) and 139 negative yards (10 sacks, 19 more TFL) ... three-time first-team All-Southland Conference selection ... 521 career stops, 43 games, 45 TFL, 15.5 sacks, 7 FR, 11 FF ... voted by teammates as 1991 Joe Delaney Memorial Leadership Award winner for defense ... Southland Defensive Player of the Year ... nicknamed “The Terminator” reflecting his violent style of play ... two-time All-Louisiana Defensive Player of the Year, three-time first-team All-Louisiana selection ... made 39 stops as a redshirt freshman for the 1988 Southland Conference champions ... chosen for Top 100 Demon Players of All-Time roster selected in 2007 football centennial celebration.