Naval Academy Athletics

• At Navy: One of Navy’s inspirational leaders ... was elected by his teammates to be one of four team captains for the 2019 season ... being elected team captain is the greatest honor a student-athlete can receive at Navy ... enters the fall second on the depth chart at MIKE linebacer behind Diego Fagot ... plays with passion ... has earned one varsity letter.

• 2018: Saw action in nine games, including making his season debut at Air Force where he contributed a career-best 6 tackles.

• 2017: Saw action against Tulane and Virginia.

• 2016: Played in his first career game in the Army-Navy game, making two tackles on the kickoff team.

• High School / Personal: A 2015 graduate of Greater Atlanta Christian School, Carothers attended the Naval Academy Prep School during the 2015-16 academic year ... a three-sport athlete who earned letters in football (3), soccer (1) and track & field (1) ... named the 2014 Region 6AA Defensive Player of the Year ... earned First-Team All-State (Ga.) and Third-Team All-Gwinnett County honors as a senior ... also the recipient of the 2014 Gwinnett County Touchdown Club Kevin Maloof Award presented to the player who puts his team about himself ... played in the GACA North-South All-Star Classic his senior year ... served as captain of the football team his senior year ... part of the Greater Atlanta Christian School track & field team that was crowned state champs in 2015 ... took recruiting visits to Air Force, VMI and Charleston Southern ... brothers, Michael (2012) and Matthew (2015), are Naval Academy graduates ... father played football for one year at Florida State ... son of Patrick and Terry Carothers ... father was a U.S. Marshall and was tragically killed while trying to serve a warrant on a fugitive in Long Couty, Ga. on Nov. 18, 2016 ... he was a 26-year veteran in the U.S. Marshals Service, serving as deputy commander for the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force ... majoring in cyber operations.