Why Was Jalen Carter Ejected? What Did Eagles DT Do vs Cowboys?

The game is a tense, scoreless grind early in the first quarter. Before the Cowboys vs Eagles game started, as reporter Chris Franklin simply put it, “Eagles DT Jalen Carter has already been ejected from the game.” The collective “WTF” from Eagles Nation, as one tweet echoed, was palpable.

The reason? A moment of pure, unadulterated fury. Replays showed a skirmish after a play, with Cowboys QB Dak Prescott in Carter’s face. According to Wesley Steinberg, “Wow, what a disgrace from #Cowboys QB Dak Prescott by rage baiting Jalen Carter into spitting on him. Awful look for the league on opening night.” The officials saw it clearly: an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty so severe it warranted an immediate ejection. The reality, as Antwan V. Staley noted, set in quickly: “Ejected and likely suspended too. Unreal.”

Eagles DT Jalen Carter has already been ejected from the game

— Chris Franklin (@cfranklinnews) September 5, 2025

This fire, this barely-contained inferno, isn’t a new development for those who know Carter best. It’s the same drive that had him playing a barefoot, midnight one-on-one basketball game under car headlights as a Georgia freshman against linebacker Trezmen Marshall.

His former teammate Nakobe Dean recalled the scene, saying, “It was intense. Like, I don’t think they could have got into a fight, but they could have got into a fight.” It was hysterical, Dean said, but also a perfect introduction to J.C.—a blend of ferocious competitiveness and playful swagger. Carter himself remembered the physicality, telling The Inquirer, “When I had the ball and I was backing him down, it was really like we got shoulder pads on, just hitting each other.” He plays everything with that same edge, a switch that flips, transforming him into a nearly unblockable menace.

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