Atlanta Falcons running back Nathan Carter said Detroit Lions safety Morice Norris was in "high spirits" during a conversation they shared this week.

Falcons rookie running back Nathan Carter's attempt to leap over Lions safety Morice Norris in Atlanta's first preseason game went awry when his knee collided with Norris's helmet on a run early in the fourth quarter.

The muscular Carter grew up in Rochester, N.Y. and attended Bishop Kearney High School before heading to UConn to begin his college football career. He was stellar for the Huskies, enough so to earn the transfer spot in the Big Ten.