Michigan Football: Top 10 All-Time Wolverine wide receivers

6 Jan 1990: Wide receiver Anthony Carter of the Minnesota Vikings (right) runs down the field as San Francisco 49ers defensive back Don Griffin covers him during a playoff game at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California. The 49ers won the game, 41

Anthony Carter, a Big Ten Conference MVP, three-time Big Ten selection, three-time All-American, and two-time team MVP.

How do you describe what Anthony “AC” Carter did at Michigan? How do you lay out all of his accomplishments without downplaying what he truly meant to the university during his four years?

Under the run-centric Bo Schembechler, AC flourished with over 3,000 career yards – becoming Michigan’s first to reach that feat and only one of two to ever accomplish such a difficult task.

37 touchdowns, 3,076 yards, 3,289 total yards over an incredible career that landed Carter in the University of Michigan Hall of Fame.

One of the most memorable AC moments was, of course, the 1979 matchup with Indiana. With time running down and the dreaded tie game a likely scenario, quarterback John Wangler, 45 yards away from the endzone, launched a bomb straight into the hands of Carter at around the 20, and AC did the rest.

Announcer Bob Ufer went nuts, as expected.

In the 1983 NFL draft, Anthony was selected by the Michigan Panthers in the United States Football League, but he later made the jump to the NFL, playing the majority of his career with the Minnesota Vikings. When it was all said and done, Carter caught 486 passes for 7733 yards, and he found the endzone 55 times.

For the record, AC and the next guy on this list are 1a and 1b.