Karter Menz
DL · Senior
6'5" · 240 lbs · Defense
Also wearing #11: Javon Tracy (WR)
Background
- Hometown
- Horace, N.D.
- High school
- West Fargo Sheyenne
Recruiting
- Rating
- 3-star (0.8714 247 composite)
- National rank
- #810
- Class
- 2023
- Source
- 247 composite
2026 season
defensive
Season by season
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• SOPHOMORE SEASON: Played in all 13 games • made 32 tackles • had 6.5 sacks and nine tackles for loss • broke up two passes, forced one fumble and recovered one fumble. Game-by-Game: Competed against Buffalo • recorded two tackles and had half of a tackle for loss against Northwestern State • saw action at Cal • tallied five tackles, two tackles for loss and one sack against Rutgers • saw action at Ohio State • made four tackles against Purdue • recorded 2.5 sacks and had seven tackles versus Nebraska • finished with two tackles and one sack at Iowa • made three tackles and had one sack against Michigan State • made one tackle and recovered one fumble at Oregon • played at Northwestern • had one tackle for loss and three tackles against Wisconsin • made five tackles and had one sack, one forced fumble and two pass breakups against New Mexico.
2024tap to read
• FRESHMAN SEASON: Played in five games • competed against Rhode Island, Nevada, Maryland, Penn State and Virginia Tech.
2023tap to read
Redshirted • did not see game action. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended West Fargo Sheyenne High School in West Fargo, N.D. • wore No. 8 for the Mustangs • finalist for the 2022 Class 11AA Senior Athlete of the Year • named to Class 11AA First Team Defense and was also all-conference • tallied 57 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks and four pass breakups in 2021 as he helped Sheyenne to the North Dakota Class 2A state championship • tabbed to Class 11AA First Team Defense as a junior • coached by Jeremy Newton • consensus three-star recruit • top-ranked player in North Dakota according to 247Sports and ESPN • ranked as the No. 62 edge rusher nationally by 247Sports. PERSONAL: Son of Brenda (mother) and Kelly Menz (father) • has two brothers (Kole and Kasen) • mother, Brenda, ran track and the University of Jamestown • brother, Kole, plays college football at North Dakota State.
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HONORS:
Academic All-Big Ten (2025, 2024)
2025: •
SOPHOMORE SEASON: Played in all 13 games • made 32 tackles • had 6.5 sacks and nine tackles for loss • broke up two passes, forced one fumble and recovered one fumble.
Game-by-Game: Competed against Buffalo • recorded two tackles and had half of a tackle for loss against Northwestern State • saw action at Cal • tallied five tackles, two tackles for loss and one sack against Rutgers • saw action at Ohio State • made four tackles against Purdue • recorded 2.5 sacks and had seven tackles versus Nebraska • finished with two tackles and one sack at Iowa • made three tackles and had one sack against Michigan State • made one tackle and recovered one fumble at Oregon • played at Northwestern • had one tackle for loss and three tackles against Wisconsin • made five tackles and had one sack, one forced fumble and two pass breakups against New Mexico.
2024: •
FRESHMAN SEASON: Played in five games • competed against Rhode Island, Nevada, Maryland, Penn State and Virginia Tech.
2023: Redshirted • did not see game action.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended West Fargo Sheyenne High School in West Fargo, N.D. • wore No. 8 for the Mustangs • finalist for the 2022 Class 11AA Senior Athlete of the Year • named to Class 11AA First Team Defense and was also all-conference • tallied 57 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks and four pass breakups in 2021 as he helped Sheyenne to the North Dakota Class 2A state championship • tabbed to Class 11AA First Team Defense as a junior • coached by Jeremy Newton • consensus three-star recruit • top-ranked player in North Dakota according to 247Sports and ESPN • ranked as the No. 62 edge rusher nationally by 247Sports.
PERSONAL: Son of Brenda (mother) and Kelly Menz (father) • has two brothers (Kole and Kasen) • mother, Brenda, ran track and the University of Jamestown • brother, Kole, plays college football at North Dakota State.