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Carrington Jadon Valentine (born September 9, 2001) is an American professional football cornerback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Kentucky.
| No. 24 – Green Bay Packers | |||||||||
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| Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born: | September 9, 2001 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 189 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school: | Moeller (Hamilton County, Ohio) | ||||||||
| College: | Kentucky (2020–2022) | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2023 / round: 7 / pick: 232 | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 9, 2024 | |||||||||
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Valentine grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio.[1] He attended Moeller High School and was a basketball and football player, helping the school win a state championship in the former.[1] In football, he was only a wide receiver and special teams player until his junior year, when he began playing cornerback as well.[2] By the time he graduated, Valentine was ranked as one of the 100-best cornerback recruits nationally, as well as a top-25 player in the state according to Rivals.com.[3] He committed to play college football at Kentucky over offers from Cincinnati, Michigan State, Louisville and Pittsburgh, among others.[4]
As a true freshman at Kentucky in 2020, Valentine appeared in 10 games and totaled 10 tackles, one pass breakup and a fumble recovery.[5] The following year, he started 12 of 13 games and ranked fourth on the team with 61 tackles, additionally posting five pass breakups, 1.5 tackles-for-loss and one sack.[5][6] In 2022, Valentine remained a starter and recorded 10 pass breakups, 46 tackles, one fumble recovery and one sack, while also making the only interception of his college career against Youngstown State.[5][7] Although he had eligibility remaining, he opted to declare for the NFL draft, and finished his stint at Kentucky with 117 tackles and 16 pass breakups in 35 games played.[7]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | ||
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| 5 ft 11+5⁄8 in (1.82 m) |
193 lb (88 kg) |
32+1⁄4 in (0.82 m) |
9+1⁄4 in (0.23 m) | 4.44 s | 1.52 s | 2.50 s | 4.15 s | 39.0 in (0.99 m) | 10 ft 8 in (3.25 m) | 9 reps | ||
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Valentine was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round (232nd overall) of the 2023 NFL draft.[10] He signed his rookie contract on May 5.[11]
Regular season
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Comb | Total | Ast | Sck | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TDs | FF | FR | ||||
| 2023 | GB | 17 | 12 | 44 | 33 | 11 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Career | 17 | 12 | 44 | 33 | 11 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Source: pro-football-referencecom | |||||||||||||||||
Postseason
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Comb | Total | Ast | Sck | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TDs | FF | FR | ||||
| 2023 | GB | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Source: pro-football-referencecom | |||||||||||||||||
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