According to a report by WKRG's Simone Eli in Florida, Clarke County High School (Alabama) head football coach Robert Carter was arrested by Okaloosa County Sheriffs on a traffic stop Friday afternoon on 11 warrants.

The head football coach at a south Alabama high school was arrested Friday in Florida on nearly a dozen criminal charges. Clarke County High School Coach Robert “Rob” Carter, 55, was taken into custody in Niceville Friday afternoon.

Alabama football added another defensive end in its 2026 recruiting class on Friday in four-star edge rusher Jamarion Matthews.

Alabama football scored its second recruiting win in two days on Friday. Jamarion Matthews, an edge who will play his senior season at Gainesville High School in Georgia, reportedly committed to the Crimson Tide. Hayes Fawcett of On3 reported the addition to Kalen DeBoer’s second full recruiting class as the Tide’s head coach.

The Alabama Crimson Tide landed a commitment Friday afternoon from Jamarion Matthews, a four-star edge rusher in the 2026 class.