2022: Started all 12 games and finished with 48 tackles (34 solo), a sack, an INT, a fumble recovery and a career best 10 passes defensed…Led the team and ranked No. 9 in the Southeastern Conference in passes defensed with 11…Recorded 27 solo tackles in conference play, No. 1 on the team…Named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll and was elected as one of three representatives for UK football on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)…At Florida (Sept. 10): Finished with five tackles (two solo) and a career-high three passes defensed. All three came in the fourth quarter, including one on fourth-and-3 at the Florida 40 and the last on a third-and-2 at the Florida 46 in the closing seconds. Helped the defense hold the Gators to just four third-down conversions on 16 attempts (25.0 pct.). Part of a UK team that defeated the Gators in consecutive seasons for the first time in 45 years (1976-77)…Vs. Youngstown State (Sept. 17): Recorded two passes defensed and his first career interception, helping keep the Penguins off the scoreboard to preserve the Wildcats' first shutout since they held Miami (Ohio) scoreless at a neutral-site game in Cincinnati on Sept. 5, 2009 (42-0). It marked UK's first shutout at home since 1996 against Vanderbilt (25-0). Part of a defense that limited the last seven opponents to 21 or fewer points, its longest streak since doing so eight straight games to open the 2018 season…At Mississippi State (Oct. 15): Registered a team-best six solo tackles and a tackle for a loss, and sacked QB Will Rogers for a loss of 10 yards on a third-and-14 to force a punt…Vs. Georgia (Nov. 19): Finished with a season-best eight tackles (tied for No. 3 on the team), including tying his season high with six solo tackles (tied for the team lead)…Vs. Louisville (Nov. 26): Posted six tackles (three solo, tied for No. 3 on the team) and a pass defensed.
2021: Started in 12 of 13 games played and ranked No. 4 on the team with a career-best 61 tackles (46 solo), a sack, 1½ tackles for a loss, five passes defensed (tied for No. 3 on the team) and a QB hurry…Was tied for No. 9 among SEC defensive backs in solo tackles…Posted multiple tackles in 12 games, including five-plus tackles in five contests…Earned a spot on the dean's list (Fall 2021) and was named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll…Vs. Chattanooga (Sept. 18): Totaled a career-high 11 tackles (seven solo), leading the team in both tackles and solo tackles…Vs. Florida (Oct. 2): Tied for No. 3 on the team with eight tackles (six solo, No. 2 on the team), including a shared tackle for a loss…At South Carolina (Sept. 25): Posted four tackles (all solo) and his first career sack that went for a 7-yard loss and forced a punt…At Louisville (Nov. 27): Posted the second-most tackles on the team with seven (five solo) and added a pass defensed.
2020: Saw action in 10 games with one start…Recorded 10 tackles (seven solo), a pass defensed and a forced fumble…Named to the dean's list (Fall 2020) and the 2020-21 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll…At Auburn (Sept. 26): Saw action in his first career game, but did not register any statistics…At Tennessee (Oct. 17): Posted his first career pass defensed when he broke up a pass intended for WR Malachi Wideman on a second-and-8 in the fourth quarter…Vs. Vanderbilt (Nov. 14): Registered his first career tackle (assist)…Vs. N.C. State (TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, Jan. 2): Made his first career start and was tied for No. 4 on the team with a season-best six tackles (all solo) and a forced fumble.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years in football at Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati, Ohio…Earned first-team All-Southwest Ohio honors as a senior from area coaches…Registered 32 tackles and five passes defensed, and blocked two kicks…Began his career as a wide receiver before moving to cornerback as a junior…Also returned kicks, averaging 31.7 yards per return with two returned for TDs…Also lettered for three years in basketball, helping Moeller win a state championship in 2019.
PERSONAL: Given name Carrington Jadon Valentine…Born in Cincinnati, Ohio…Nicknamed Carri…His sister, Shala, played basketball at UMass Lowell and his brother, Jerrick, played soccer at Bellarmine in Louisville, Kentucky.
