2024 Football Roster

Luke Richard/ULM Athletics
Luke Richard/ULM Athletics
Erika McCrystal / ULM Athletics
Dezmond Jackson

1 Car'lin Vigers

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Eunice, La.
  • Highschool Eunice

Biography

Pronunciation

2024 (SENIOR)
  • Named to Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt Third Team
  • Selected to the Reese's Senior Bowl Watch List
  • Started all 12 games at cornerback
  • Totaled 38 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sacks, an interception, a pass breakup and two quarterback hurries
  • Intercepted a pass for a touchdown vs. UAB (9/7)
  • Made his first career sack at Troy (9/28)
  • Recorded a season-high nine tackles vs. Jackson State (8/29)
  • Credited with a tackle for loss vs. Jackson State (8/29) and at Troy (9/28)
2023 (SENIOR)
  • Saw action in 11 games
  • Amassed 54 tackles (25 solo, 29 assists), a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, three pass breakups and a blocked kick
  • Forced a fumble, then recovered it vs. Army (9/2)
  • Blocked a kick vs. Lamar (9/9)
  • Logged pass breakups vs. South Alabama (10/7), vs. Arkansas State (10/28) and at Ole Miss (11/18)
  • Posted a season-high 11 tackles at Texas State (10/14)
  • Registered tackles in 10 games
2022 (JUNIOR)
  • Appeared in all 12 games
  • Totaled 39 tackles (25 solo, 14 assists), two TFLs, a forced fumble, an interception and two pass breakups
  • Credited with at least one tackle in 10 games
  • Caught an interception for nine yards and had two pass breakups vs. Ragin' Cajuns (9/24)
  • Forced a fumble at Georgia State (11/12)
  • Logged 12 tackles at Troy (11/19)
INDEPENDENCE CC
  • Played in 15 career games for Coach Jason Martin
  • Recorded 27 tackles, three interceptions and five pass break-ups
  • Started eight games during the 2021 season and posted 14 tackles (11 solos, 3 assists), including three for losses (9 yards), one interception and three pass break-ups
  • Played key role on a Pirate defensive unit that ranked among the NJCAA Division I leaders in rushing defense (second at 63.3 yards per game), total defense (third at 229.6 ypg.), scoring defense (third at 15.5 points pg.) and passing defense (14th at 166.3 ypg.)
  • Produced season highs for tackles (4 – all solos) and tackles for loss (2 for 6 yards) vs. McDougle Technical
  • Recorded 13 tackles (10 solos, 3 assists), a team-leading two interceptions (7 yards) and two pass break-ups
  • Tallied a career-best seven stops (5 solos, 2 assists), including a half tackle for loss (3 yards), and an interception vs. Coffeyville
HIGH SCHOOL
  • Attended Bayou Prep in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 2019-20
  • Played free safety and wide receiver for Coach Paul Trosclair at Eunice (La.) High School
  • Named Louisiana Sports Writers Association All-State First Team and District 5-3A Defensive MVP as a senior in 2018; it marked his return to the football field for the first time since his freshman year
  • Amassed 109 tackles, four interceptions and seven PBUs as a senior while helping Eunice (13-2) win the 2018 Class 3A Championship over Sterlington (59-47), marking the school’s first title in more than three decades (1982)
  • Credited with six forced fumbles and five fumble recoveries in 2018
  • Had seven receptions for 148 yards (21.1 avg.) and two touchdowns as a senior
  • Three-year starter for the Bobcats’ varsity basketball team
  • Two-time all-district and all-parish selection in basketball (junior and senior seasons)
  • Averaged 17.0 points, 9.2 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 3.0 steals as a senior in 2018-19
  • Selected Eunice High School Male Athlete of the Year in 2018-19 by the Eunice News
PERSONAL
  • Born Aug. 16, 2000
  • Son of Christina Jones and Carl Vigers
  • Majoring in kinesiology
CAREER HIGHS
Total Tackles: 12, at Troy (11/19/22)
Total TFLs: 1, four times, last at Troy (9/28/24)
Interceptions: 1, two times, last vs. UAB (9/7/24)
Sacks: 1, at Troy (9/28/24)
QB Hurries: 1, two times, last vs. James Madison (10/5/24)

Statistics

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2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2022Junior

    Cornerback
    6'2" 197 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2023Senior

    Cornerback
    6'2" 198 lbs
    7
  • 1

    2024Senior

    Defensive Back
    6'2" 200 lbs
    1