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Carter gets chance with Cowboys after their wait

Posted: 12:38 PM Aug 17, 2012
Reporter: Associated Press

OXNARD, Calif. (AP) - Bruce Carter's rookie year with the Dallas Cowboys was more like a redshirt season.

That is what the Cowboys expected when they used their 2011 second-round draft pick on the linebacker coming off a knee injury. He was on the non-injury list through training camp and came back for the final 10 games as primarily a contributor on special teams.

Carter knows this is his chance to show what he can do and prove that the Cowboys didn't make a mistake picking him 40th overall even knowing they would have to wait for him to get healthy. The 6-foot-2, 240-pound Carter is playing inside linebacker for the Cowboys after being an outside linebacker at North Carolina.

He got to training camp this year competing with veteran free-agent addition Dan Connor to start opposite Sean Lee.