Hall of Fame
A native of Fort Edward, New York, Tyler Carpenter ’14 was a member of the first football team at Castleton and a standout running back for the Spartans. In the record book for many of his accomplishments, Carpenter holds the distinction of being the first touchdown scorer in program history as he found the end zone on Castleton’s inaugural drive in 2009. He graduated as the all-time leader in rushing yards, all-purpose yards, rushing touchdowns and total touchdowns. During his time with the program, he amassed 2,781 yards on the ground and 4,134 total yards. He found the end zone 58 times, with 50 of those coming as rushing touchdowns. To this date, Carpenter is still the program’s all-time scoring leader and holds program single-game records after amassing 298 rushing yards and 374 all-purpose yards against Becker on October 31, 2009. The Team MVP in 2009, he was named Second Team All-ECFC three times in his career and led the conference with 16 total touchdowns in 2011—a mark that ranked him among the nation’s leaders in touchdowns that season. He followed up with 16 more touchdowns in 2012, 11 rushing and 5 receiving, to once again rank among the nation’s best in the category. Following his graduation, Carpenter has worked in his home state of New York as a teacher and coach.
