Jackson Carman

A greater Cincinnati native (Fairfield, Ohio), Carman has played in 29 career games (regular and postseason) for the Bengals at guard and tackle ... Appeared in two games in 2023 on special teams and as a reserve tackle, while being inactive for eight and active/DNP for seven contests ... Spent most of 2022 season as a game day inactive, but played in Wild Card Playoff and started at LOT in place of injured starter Jonah Williams for Divisional round and AFC Championship ... 2022 postseason marked his first pro snaps at tackle, a position he played primarily during college career at Clemson University ... A 2021 second-round pick of the Bengals, he started six games (five at RG, one at LG) in rookie season ... Played three seasons (2018-20) at Clemson, and was the Tigers' starting LOT his final two years ... Helped Clemson to ACC titles and berths in the College Football Playoff in each of his three seasons ... Considers former Bengals OT Willie Anderson a mentor, and worked out with both Anderson and former Bengals offensive line coach Paul Alexander prior to his draft.

A greater Cincinnati native (Fairfield, Ohio), Carman has played in 29 career games (regular and postseason) for the Bengals at guard and tackle ... Appeared in two games in 2023 on special teams and as a reserve tackle, while being inactive for eight and active/DNP for seven contests ... Spent most of 2022 season as a game day inactive, but played in Wild Card Playoff and started at LOT in place of injured starter Jonah Williams for Divisional round and AFC Championship ... 2022 postseason marked his first pro snaps at tackle, a position he played primarily during college career at Clemson University ... A 2021 second-round pick of the Bengals, he started six games (five at RG, one at LG) in rookie season ... Played three seasons (2018-20) at Clemson, and was the Tigers' starting LOT his final two years ... Helped Clemson to ACC titles and berths in the College Football Playoff in each of his three seasons ... Considers former Bengals OT Willie Anderson a mentor, and worked out with both Anderson and former Bengals offensive line coach Paul Alexander prior to his draft.

Career transactions:

Selected by Cincinnati in second round of 2021 NFL Draft (46th overall) ... Signed with Bengals on 5-18-21.

Pro career:

2021—Played in all 17 regular-season games (six starts) and four postseason games as a rookie ... Five starts at RG (Games 3-5 and 7-8), and one start at LG (Game 17) ... Began season as a reserve, then held starting RG role for five games in six-game span ... Moved back to reserve role for remainder of regular season and postseason, but saw spot duty ... Lone start at LG came in regular-season finale as Bengals rested their starters with playoff spot clinched ... Played 462 offensive snaps in regular season (42.1 percent of team's snaps), and 41 in postseason (15.7 percent) ... Made NFL debut on Sept. 12 vs. Minnesota ... Made first career start (RG) and played every offensive snap on Sept. 26 at Pittsburgh ... Rotated at RG in AFC Championship at Kansas City, playing 35 of 69 offensive snaps ... Battled back injury leading up to Super Bowl LVI against the L.A. Rams, and played four snaps on special teams.

2022—Played in three regular-season games and all three postseason contests (two starts at LOT) to help Cincinnati reach second consecutive AFC title game ... Inactive for 10 games ... Used on special teams in first two games of season, and did not play an offensive snap until regular-season finale vs. Baltimore ... Saw action on 84.9 percent (169 of 199) of offensive snaps in the postseason, starting at LOT in place of injured Jonah Williams in Divisional Playoff and AFC Championship ... Played every snap in Divisional Playoff at Buffalo, helping pave the way for a rushing attack that totaled 172 yards on 34 carries (5.1 average) ... Lined up for every snap at LOT in AFC Championship at Kansas City.

2023—Played in two games ... Inactive for eight games, and active/DNP for seven contests ... Made season debut on Oct. 15 vs. Seattle, lining up for one special teams snap ... Played 12 offensive snaps at ROT on Jan. 7 vs. Cleveland.

College:

Spent three seasons (2018-20) at Clemson ... Played in 40 career games (27 starts) ... Began career as a reserve, before serving as starting LOT for final two seasons ... In three seasons, helped Clemson to three ACC titles and three berths in the College Football Playoff, including national championship in 2018 season ... As starting LOT, he protected QB Trevor Lawrence, who went on to be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft ... Opted to forgo his final year of eligibility to enter the 2021 Draft ... Enrolled at Clemson in January 2018.

High school/personal:

Hometown is Fairfield, Ohio (30 minutes outside Cincinnati) ... Attended Fairfield High School, and as a senior in 2017 was a finalist for the Anthony Munoz Lineman of the Year award, given annually to the top prep lineman (offensive or defensive) in the country ... Played in 2018 Army All-American Game ... Counts former Bengals OT Willie Anderson as one of his mentors, and worked out with both Anderson and former Bengals offensive line coach Paul Alexander prior to the draft ... Majored in sociology at Clemson.