2024 SEASON: Played in 15 games with seven starts, recording 30 tackles (16 solo), five passes defensed (No. 4 on the team), a career-high two INTs and a career-best two forced fumbles…Posted two tackles on special teams…Was inactive (ankle) for two games (Weeks 3-4)…At Chicago (Nov. 17): Recorded a career-best nine tackles (four solo) on 64 defensive snaps…At Detroit (Dec. 5): Started and recorded a solo tackle and a pass defensed. Broke up a pass intended for WR Jameson Williams on the Lions' first drive of the game…At Seattle (Dec. 15): Started and played 58 of 59 snaps on defense, recording three tackles (one solo), two passes defensed and his first career INT. Made his first career pick on a pass intended for TE Noah Fant in the end zone and returned it 20 yards. Recorded his other pass defensed on a ball intended for WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba that he nearly picked on the play before his first career INT…Vs. New Orleans (Dec. 23): Started and played 51 of 56 snaps on defense, recording three tackles (all solo) and his first career forced fumble. Forced WR Kevin Austin Jr. to fumble the ball out of bounds after converting on a third down late in the second quarter…At Minnesota (Dec. 29): Started and played a season-high 72 snaps on defense, recording two tackles (both solo), an INT and a pass defensed. Picked off QB Sam Darnold on a pass intended for TE T.J. Hockenson and returned it 31 yards in the third quarter…Vs. Chicago (Jan. 5): Started and played all 62 snaps on defense, recording three tackles (two solo) and a forced fumble. Punched the ball loose from WR DJ Moore with 1:55 left in the game and the ensuing drive set up a 55-yard FG by Green Bay to take the lead. Added a tackle on kickoff coverage.
2023: Played in all 17 games with 12 starts and recorded 42 tackles (32 solo), nine passes defensed and a fumble recovery…Led the team in passes defensed and was ranked No. 7 in the NFL among rookies…Added two special teams tackles… Started both postseason contests, recording 12 tackles (nine solo)…At Chicago (Sept. 10): Saw action on 20 defensive snaps and 11 special teams snaps while recording two tackles (both solo) on defense in his NFL debut…Vs. New Orleans (Sept. 24): Made his first career start in place of injured CB Jaire Alexander (back), playing 32 snaps on defense and nine on special teams before a biceps injury in the second quarter sidelined him for the second half…At Denver (Oct. 22): Started in place of an injured Alexander and was one of four players to play every defensive snap (59). Recorded a season-high eight tackles (career-best seven solo)…Vs. L.A. Rams (Nov. 5): Started and played every snap (58) on defense, recording two tackles (both solo) and a career-high three passes defensed. Broke up a pass intended for WR Tutu Atwell on third-and-long that forced the Rams to punt in the second quarter. Also defended a pair of passes intended for WR Puka Nacua on two different drives and both drives resulted in punts for Los Angeles. Became the first Packers rookie with three passes defensed in a game since Alexander had five at the L.A. Rams on Oct. 28, 2018…Vs. L.A. Chargers (Nov. 19): Started and played all 65 snaps on defense, recording four tackles (three solo) and three passes defensed (tied career high). Became the first Green Bay rookie to register two games with three-plus passes defensed since Hayward (2012). Broke up a pass intended for WR Keenan Allen on third-and-4 on the Chargers' first possession of the game. On the Chargers' next possession, broke up another third-down pass to Allen to hold Los Angeles to a field goal. His third and final pass defensed occurred on third-and-5 when he broke up a pass intended for WR Quentin Johnston, forcing the Chargers to punt in the second quarter…Vs. Kansas City (Dec. 3): Started and played all 67 snaps on defense, recording two tackles (both assisted) and a pass defensed. Broke up a deep pass intended for WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling on the Chiefs' final drive with 50 seconds left in the game…At N.Y. Giants (Dec. 11): Started and played 55 of 56 snaps, posting four tackles (all solo) and his first career fumble recovery. With the Packers trailing, 21-16, late in the fourth quarter, scooped up a RB Saquon Barkley fumble at the Green Bay 14 and returned it 50 yards to the Giants' 36 to help set up the go-ahead score. The 50-yard fumble return was the third longest by an NFL player on the season and was the longest ever by a Packers rookie defensive back…Vs. Chicago (Jan. 7): Started and played 44 of 48 snaps on defense, recording four tackles (three solo) and a pass defensed. In the fourth quarter, nearly intercepted a pass intended for TE Cole Kmet on third down to help hold Chicago to a field goal…At Dallas (NFC Wild Card, Jan. 14): Started and played a team-high 90 snaps on defense, recording eight tackles (six solo)…2023 Draft: Selected by the Packers with the first of four picks in the seventh round (No. 232 overall).
COLLEGE: Played in 35 career games with 25 straight starts to finish his collegiate career (2020-22)…Posted 119 tackles (87 solo), three tackles for a loss, two sacks, 16 passes defensed, an interception, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery…Majored in pre-journalism…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)…Finished with five tackles (two solo) and a career-high three passes defensed at Florida (Sept. 10) with all three coming 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…Part of a UK team that defeated the Gators in consecutive seasons for the first time in 45 years (1976-77)…Recorded two passes defensed and his first career interception vs. Youngstown State (Sept. 17), 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)…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 at Mississippi State (Oct. 15)…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. Georgia (Nov. 19)…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 and was named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll…Totaled a career-high 11 tackles (seven solo), leading the team in both tackles and solo tackles vs. Chattanooga (Sept. 18)…Posted four tackles (all solo) and his first career sack that went for a 7-yard loss and forced a punt at South Carolina (Sept. 25)…2020: Saw action in 10 games with one start as a redshirt freshman…Recorded 10 tackles (seven solo), a pass defensed and a forced fumble…Named to the dean's list and the 2020-21 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll…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 at Tennessee (Oct. 17)…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 vs. N.C. State (TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, Jan. 2).
PERSONAL: Given name Carrington Jadon Valentine…Born in Cincinnati, Ohio…His sister, Shala, played basketball at UMass Lowell and his brother, Jerrick, played soccer at Bellarmine University…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 kickoffs, 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.
