Event Date: February 28th, 1983
Event Description: Panthers Sign Carter
Source: United Press International
Wide receiver Anthony Carter has signed a reported $1.5 million contract with the Michigan Panthers of the United States Foodball League.
Carter had been regarded as a first round draft choice in the NFL. It was the second big signing for the USFL. The New Jersey Generals signed Herschel Walker last week.
In other USFL news;
The New Jersey Generals traded former New York Giants linebacker Dan Lloyd and former NFL star running back Terry Miller in separate deals Sunday.
The Lloyd deal has apparently ended his comeback attempt from a two-year bout with cancer of the lymph nodes. Lloyd, who was sent along with linebacker Herbie Spencer to the Birmingham Stallions for an undisclosed draft choice, has decided not to report to the Stallions.
Lloyd was signed by the Generals last week after his NFL career ended when he suffered a knee injury in Giants camp last summer. Lloyd, a starter for the Giants in 1979, sat out the 1980-81 seasons while battling cancer. He spent four seasons with the Giants after being selected out of Washington in the fifth round of the 1976 draft.
Miller, the former Oklahoma star who gained 1,060 yards as an NFL rookie in 1978, was traded to the Denver Gold for offensive guard John Jewell and a fifth-round pick in the 1984 draft. Miller, who played with the NFL's Buffalo Bills from 1978-80, had been faced with the task of competing with Herschel Walker for a spot in the Generals' backfield.
In other deals, New Jersey sent defensive back Peter Raeford to the Boston Breakers for a 12th-round draft pick in 1984; signed Tom Woodland, a nose tackle from Missouri; and released linebacker Sammy Green from Florida.
Story-(UPI)
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