{{Short description|American football player (1960–2021)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | image = | position = Offensive tackle | number = 28 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1960|12|22}} | death_date = December 17, 2021 (age 60) | draftyear = | draftround = | draftpick = | college = Michigan | teams = * Michigan Panthers ({{USFL Year|1984}})* * Indianapolis Colts (1987) * Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1988}})* | statlabel1 = Games played | statvalue1 = 1 | highlights = | HOF = }} '''Milton B. "Big Money" Carthens''' (December 22, 1960 - December 17, 2021) was an American football player.
Carthen was born in 1960 and graduated from Bloomfield Hills Lahser High School in 1980.<ref name=PFA>{{cite web|title=Milt Carthens|publisher=Pro Football Archives|accessdate=July 2, 2022|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerc/cart06200.html}}</ref>
He enrolled at the University of Michigan and played for Michigan Wolverines football team under Bo Schembechler. He redshirted as a freshman and was used principally as a blocker on special teams over the next two years.<ref name=DFP84>{{cite news|title=A promise becomes a statistic|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=Tommy George|date=March 9, 1984|pages=1D, 6D|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104844662/carthens/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In October 1983, playing at tight end, he caught two passes for 49 yards, including a 23-yard touchdown pass from Steve Smith Smith in a victory over Michigan State.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sorry, George: 'M' 42, MSU 0|newspaper=The Michigan Daily|date=October 9, 1983|page=1|url=https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071754720/403}}</ref>
He was drafted by the Michigan Panthers in the USFL's 1984 territorial draft.<ref>{{cite web|title=1984 USFL Draft|publisher=USFL.info|url=http://www.usfl.info/panthers/1984tdraft.html}}</ref> He left school early to join the Panthers in 1984, accepting a $6,000 bonus. However, he was cut by the Panthers before the season began.<ref name=DFP84/> He signed in 1987 with the Indianapolis Colts in 1987 and appeared in one game for the team.<ref name=PFA/> He signed with the Detroit Lions in May 1988,<ref>{{cite news|title=For the Record|newspaper=Wisconsin State Journal|date=May 3, 1988}}</ref> but was waived in late August 1988.<ref>{{cite news|title=Transactions|newspaper=The Galveston Daily News|date=August 23, 1988}}</ref>
As of 2010, Carthens was employed as a social worker in Detroit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.healthgrades.com/health-professionals-directory/milton-carthens-lbsw-53439744|title = Find a Doctor by Specialty – Show all Doctors by Name | Healthgrades}}</ref> He died in 2021 at age 60.<ref>{{cite web|title=Milton Carthens|publisher=Kemp Funeral Homes|accessdate=July 2, 2022|url=https://www.kempfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Milton-Carthens/#!/TributeWall}}</ref>
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