The accident and comeback have been well-chronicled—first on ESPN over the summer and then in autumn features for USA Today, Sports Illustrated and NBC’s The George Michael Sports Machine.

Carr says his mother kept a copy of the SI article—a full-page feature in the Nov. 1 issue accompanied by two photos.

In the national spotlight, meanwhile, Carr has performed exceptionally.

He’s second among all Ivy Leaguers—to possible Payton finalist Clifton Dawson—in rushing yards this season with 1,129, a career high.

He’s broken nearly every school record imaginable.

And he’s planning on writing his senior thesis in history, his area of study.

“It’s a lot of work,” he says. “I’ll focus on it after the season.”

With that time only days away, the senior from Baytown, Texas, approaches football’s final days—and his final Harvard-Yale match—with a dose of sentimentality and plenty of enthusiasm.

“More pumped up than anything,” he says. “I just want to get a win.”

And after that? He plans to prepare for future football, wherever it may be.

“I’m not ready to hang it up,” he says. “I’ll probably get an agent.”

With a Yale degree, the fallback options are numerous.

“If that doesn’t work I’ll probably go into banking,” he says.

Records, wins, jobs or not, Carr can rest assured that he maintains his most valuable possession—his life.

—Staff writer Alex McPhillips can be reached at rmcphill@fas.harvard.edu.