He hasnt cracked the lineup so IMO he's worth about a 4th or 5th. I thought he would have won a starting job by now, but we can now look back and see that AJ Hawk MADE that OSU LB corps. Carpenter appears average.
carp was drafted as an olb, moved to ilb, then back to olb when greg ellis got hurt for the year, then back to ilb when wade was hired.
for whatever reason, he isnt given the chance to produce - except on special teams. when he was given time in parcells' last year, he actually did pretty good against the falcons and the seahawks in the playoffs.