Quinton Flowers

Quinton Lenard Flowers (born December 2, 1994) is an American football quarterback who is a free agent. He played college football at South Florida as a quarterback.

Quinton Flowers
Flowers at the 2015 Miami Beach Bowl
Free agent
Position:Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1994-12-02) December 2, 1994
Miami, Florida
Height:5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:214 lb (97 kg)
Career information
High school:Miami (FL) Jackson
College:South Florida
Undrafted:2018
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
  • AAC Record for Career Total Offense
  • AAC Offensive Player of the Year (2016)
  • CFPA National Performer of The Year (2016)
  • 2016 & 2017 Birmingham Bowl MVP
  • First Team All-AAC (2016)
  • Second Team All-AAC (2017)
  • South Florida All-Time Rushing Touchdowns Leader
  • South Florida All-Time Passing Touchdowns Leader
  • South Florida All-Time Touchdowns Leader
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Early years

Flowers attended Miami Jackson High School in Miami, Florida. During his career he passed 6,042 yards and had 2,002 yards rushing with 32 touchdowns. He committed to the University of South Florida (USF) to play college football.[1]

College career

As a true freshman at South Florida, Flowers played in five games and made one start. He finished the season with 111 passing yards and two interceptions and also had 73 yards rushing. Flowers was named the starting quarterback in 2015.[2] He started all 13 games, completing 163 of 276 passes for 2,296 yards with a school record 22 passing touchdowns and eight interceptions. He also rushed for 991 yards and 12 touchdowns.[3] Flowers returned as the starter in 2016.[4] Flowers was the American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year in 2016, rushing for 1,530 yards and 18 touchdowns, while throwing for 2,812 yards and 24 touchdowns with only 7 interceptions.[5] Flowers was second nationally in ESPN's Total QBR statistic in 2016.[6]

College statistics
PassingRushing
YearTeamGPCmpAttComp%YardsTDsIntYdsAvgTDs
2014USF582040.011102735.60
2015USF1316327658.92,2962289915.212
2016USF1320733162.52,8122471,5307.718
2017USF12 188 35453.12,9112561,0785.511
College Totals4356598057.78,12471233,6726.141

Professional career
Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand size 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump
5 ft 10 3⁄8 in
(1.79 m)		 214 lb
(97 kg)		 30 7⁄8 in
(0.78 m)		 9 3⁄4 in
(0.25 m)		 4.63 s 4.57 s 6.81 s 9 ft 4 in
(2.84 m)
All values from NFL Combine[7]

Cincinnati Bengals

Flowers was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent on May 11, 2018 as a running back.[8] He was waived on September 1, 2018 and was signed to the practice squad the next day.[9][10] He was promoted to the active roster on December 28, 2018.[11]

Flowers was waived during final roster cuts on August 31, 2019.[12]

Indianapolis Colts

On September 1, 2019, Flowers was signed to the Indianapolis Colts practice squad, but was released six days later.[13]

Tampa Bay Vipers

Flowers was drafted in the fifth round of phase one of the 2020 XFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Vipers; although he was drafted as a running back, head coach Marc Trestman affirmed his intention to also play Flowers at quarterback.[14] Flowers left the team for personal reasons on February 26, 2020.[15] He returned to the team on March 3, 2020, and requested to be traded.[16] He had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10, 2020.[17]

Personal life

Flowers' father died in a drive-by shooting when Quinton was seven years old and his mother died of cancer in 2012.[18] Just days prior to his first college career start in 2014, his stepbrother was shot and killed.[19][20]

References
  1. Deen, Safid. "Miami Jackson quarterback Quinton Flowers commits to USF for a second time". Miami Herald. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  2. Knight, Joey (August 24, 2015). "Quinton Flowers named Bulls' starting QB". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  3. Knight, Joey. "Mark it down: Quinton Flowers, greatest USF player in history". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  4. Easterling, Luke. "USF’s Quinton Flowers is the best college football player you don’t know about". The Draft Wire. draftwire.usatoday.com. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  5. "AAC Offensive Player of the Year Winners - College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  6. "Total Quarterback Rating - College Football - ESPN". ESPN.com.
  7. "Quinton Flowers Combine Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  8. "Bengals 2018 undrafted free agent class includes a few impressive signings". CincyJungle.com. May 11, 2018.
  9. "Bengals Establish Roster of 53 Players". Bengals.com. September 1, 2018.
  10. "Andrew Brown, Russell Signed to Practice Squad". Bengals.com. September 2, 2018.
  11. "Bengals Make Player Moves Before Week 17". Bengals.com. December 28, 2018.
  12. "Bengals Announce 53-Man Roster". Bengals.com. August 31, 2019. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  13. Walker, Andrew (September 2, 2019). "Colts Address Quarterback Depth By Signing Veteran Brian Hoyer; Add Four To Practice Squad". Colts.com.
  14. Bassinger, Thomas (October 17, 2019). "XFL draft: What we learned about the Tampa Bay Vipers". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  15. Encina, Eduardo A. (February 26, 2020). "Vipers quarterback Quinton Flowers mysteriously leaves team". TampaBay.com. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  16. Knight, Joey (March 3, 2020). "Former USF star Quinton Flowers requests trade from Vipers". TampaBay.com. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  17. Condotta, Bob (April 10, 2020). "XFL suspends operations, terminates all employees, but Jim Zorn says he has hopes league will continue". SeattleTimes.com. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  18. Knight, Joey (August 25, 2015). "Tough background keeps things in perspective for USF QB Quinton Flowers". Tampa Bay Times.
  19. Fortuna, Matt. "USF QB Quinton Flowers has paved his own path to a big opportunity against FSU". College Football Nation Blog. ESPN. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  20. Cobb, Mike (November 14, 2014). "USF Freshman QB Will Start Two Days After Brother Was Killed". The Ledger. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
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