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.

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.

Clarke County High School’s head football coach under investigation by the sheriff’s office there was picked up in Niceville, Fla., as a fugitive from justice.Sheriff Dewayne Smith said Robert Carter is wanted on 11 warrants out of Clarke County.

Eight of the players in the 247 composite rankings list of top 100 football prospects in the Class of 2026 are from the state of Alabama. Only three of the eight are committed at this point. The group is led by St.