Ran Carthon Family History and Inspiration With Football

Ran Carthon family played American football as his dad was a fullback. Carthon is now a new General Manager of the Tennessee Titans. 

Before Titans, Ran used to work in the position of director of player personnel at the San Francisco 49ers. 

Carthon was born and raised in Arkansas and later on moved to Florida. He attended Key West High School and played for its football team there. By the time he reached his senior year, he was given the title of PrepStar’s All-Region team.

He received a good scholarship from the University of Florida and played for the Florida Gators football team. 

While at Florida University, he signed a contract as an undrafted free agent at the NFL team called Indianapolis Colts in 2004. He played for three seasons with the Colts and Detroit Lions till the 2006 season. 

After retiring as a football player, Carthon joined Atlanta Falcons in the position of Pro Scouts in 2008 and is still a part of it. Similarly, in 2012, he was hired by St. Louis Rams to be their director of player personnel.

He is better known for being the director of player personnel for the 49ers.

Ran Carthon Dad Is A Former Footballer

Ran Carthon father Maurice Carthon used to be a former football player at the New York Giants. Maurice was also a part of the USFL. 

Maurice was born and raised in Arkansas and went to Osceola High School there. He was a part of the football and basketball teams there. In the school’s football, he was given All-Conference honoree twice for playing as a tight end. 

Maurice also played in Indianapolis Colts in 1992
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Similarly, he was considered the Most Valuable Player in his school’s basketball team in his senior year. 

Maurice Carthon Played At Arkansas State University

After his high school ended, Maurice was offered a football scholarship by Arkansas State University which he accepted. 

There, he and his teammates were coached by Larry Lacewell. In his senior year, Carthon was considered the team’s captain and led everyone in the rushing yards with 682. 

By his college career, he had completed 1,583 yards, 26 receptions, and seven touchdowns. 

Maurice was a respected player while he was at Arkansas. In 2002, he was included in the university’s Ring of Honor. Similarly, his name was also included in the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2005. 

Maurice was drafted to the USFL

In 1983, Carthon was selected to play for the New Jersey Generals in the 8th round of the 1983 USFL Draft. 

He played with the Generals till 1985 and ended his career at USFL with 175 carries, 726 yards, and six touchdowns. 

The same year, he signed a contract as a free agent with the New York Giants and played fullback. Carthon was said to have fantastic blocking skills and even won two championship rings in the Super Bowl XXI and XXV. 

He played in the NFL till the 1992 season and ended his career with 90 receptions for 745 yards and three touchdowns.

Maurice Carthon Worked As A Coach After His Retirement

In 1994, Maurice joined New England Patriots and worked as a Running Backs Coach until 1996. Later, he also joined the same position at the New York Jets and worked there till 2000. 

After that, he started his career as an Offensive Coordinator at three different NFL teams. He worked with Detriot Lions, Dallas Cowboys, and Cleveland Browns till 2006. 

Again, Carthon was back in the position of Running Back Coach at Arizona Cardinals from 2007 to 2008. He retired from the football industry after working as an assistant head coach at Kansas City Chiefs from 2009 to 2012. 

Ran Carthon Family Life

Ran Carthon was born and raised in Arkansas before he moved to Florida to start a new life.

Ran shared a picture of his two boys in December 2020
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Carthon is yet to talk about his partner and married life as he always remains tight-lipped about his personal life.

He is currently raising his two boys and back in June 2020, he posted a picture with his two boys and mentioned that he is proud of his cultural background. He posted the photo around the BLM Protest and showed love toward his two boys. 

Ran likes to involved his kids to social events and gatherings and he also has one daughter.

Who Is Heaven Carthon?

Ran Carthon wife Heaven Carthon was extremely happy after her husband recently became a new GM of the Tennessee Titans.

Heaven and Ran started dating back in 2003 and they have two decade old love story. Before her profession as a blogger, she keeps her duty of being a full-time wife and a mother of the family.

Ram mentioned in one of the press conferences that she has remained by his side throughout the beginning. However, he also mentioned that the couple was also about to break up since his girlfriend did not want someone who lived in a dream world. 

But, the dream of being in a position of GM finally came true and the family was really happy about it. 

Heaven was also about to divorce her spouse when they were at Green Bay for some time, but their children were the reason that stopped her from moving on. 

Ran and Heaven arrived together at Tennessee after his selection for the post of GM
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Later on, she claimed that the talk about divorce was just a joke and they just laughed it off. 

However, the kids did overhear the conversation about their parents and was really afraid of the separation. However, Heaven and Ran consoled the kids properly later on. 

Ran does not only gives a credit to his spouse but he equally gives credit to his young ones who leaned on together with him.

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