35 Facts About Quincy Carter

LaVonya Quintelle "Quincy" Carter was born on October 13,1977 and is a former American football quarterback.

Quincy Carter played college football at Georgia and for the National Football League teams Dallas Cowboys and New York Jets.

Quincy Carter received Parade All-American and USA Today Georgia Player of the Year honors.

Quincy Carter finished his high school career with 4,450 passing yards, 37 passing touchdowns, 1,489 rushing yards and 32 rushing touchdowns.

Quincy Carter originally signed a football letter of intent with Georgia Tech in 1996, but opted instead to play minor league baseball after being selected by the Chicago Cubs as an outfielder 52nd overall in the 1996 MLB draft.

Quincy Carter had a record setting season, establishing school freshman marks for passing yards, touchdowns, attempts and completions, while tallying 300 passing yards or more in 4 games.

Quincy Carter's 2,484 passing yards at the time was the fourth highest total in school history.

Quincy Carter was named Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year and was recognized as one of the top young quarterbacks in the nation.

Quincy Carter had an impressive sophomore season while leading a young team, posting 216 out of 380 completions, 2,713 passing yards, 17 passing touchdowns, 5 rushing touchdowns, and 6 interceptions, directing the offense to 416 yards per-game.

Quincy Carter had five 300 yard passing performances, his interception percentage of 1.58 was a school record and the second lowest percentage in SEC history.

Quincy Carter completed the third longest streak in SEC history after throwing 170 consecutive passes without an interception.

Quincy Carter received SEC Offensive Player of the Week honors after registering 349 passing yards and a touchdown on 26-of-41 completions against the University of Mississippi.

Quincy Carter suffered a left shoulder contusion in the sixth game against Vanderbilt University, completing 12 out of 20 passes for 215 yards and one touchdown, forcing him to miss the next contest against the University of Kentucky.

Quincy Carter suffered a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right thumb during the eighth game of the season against the University of Florida and missed the last 4 games including the 2000 Oahu Bowl.

Quincy Carter finished the season completing 91 out of 183 passes, 1,250 passing yards, 6 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.

Quincy Carter finished second in school history behind Eric Zeier in career passing yards, career pass attempts, career completions, career offensive plays, career total offense and consecutive pass attempts without an interception.

Quincy Carter was ranked third in completion percentage, third in touchdown passes and fifth in passing efficiency rating.

Quincy Carter showed promise with 241 yards passing and two touchdowns, to become just the second Cowboys rookie to win NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors.

Quincy Carter completed 90 out of 176 attempts for 1,072 yards, 5 touchdowns, 45 carries for 150 yards and 7 interceptions.

Quincy Carter completed 125 out of 221 attempts for 1,465 yards, 7 touchdowns, 27 carries for 91 yards and 8 interceptions.

Quincy Carter threw for at least 200 yards in 6 consecutive games, marking the longest stretch by a Cowboy since Aikman had a streak of 6 games in 1993.

Quincy Carter completed more than 20 passes in 3 straight games, which was the longest stretch by a Cowboy since Aikman had a streak of 5 games in 1996.

In 2003, with the arrival of new head coach Bill Parcells, all positions were opened to competition, and Quincy Carter was involved in a publicized quarterback controversy, when he and Hutchinson competed for a roster spot in the 2002 edition of Hard Knocks, an HBO series that covers the training camp of an NFL team.

Quincy Carter completed 292 out of 505 attempts for 3,302 yards, 17 passing touchdowns, 21 interceptions, 68 carries for 257 yards and 2 rushing touchdowns, while ranking 11th among NFC quarterbacks with a 71.4 rating.

League sources eventually revealed that Quincy Carter had been released after failing a drug test.

Quincy Carter ended up starting three games after Pennington injured his rotator cuff, and if not for his performance, the team would not have made the playoffs.

Quincy Carter finished the season with some of the best statistics of his career: 35 completions in 58 passes for 498 yards, 3 touchdowns, one interception and a 98.2 passer rating.

Quincy Carter finished his NFL career with 542 out of 960 completions for 6,337 yards, 32 touchdown passes, 518 rushing yards, 3 touchdown runs and 37 interceptions, for a passer efficiency rating of 71.7.

Quincy Carter was released on his 30th birthday, on a bond of $5,224, according to an official in the records department at the Caddo Correctional Facility.

On May 1,2008 Quincy Carter signed with the Arena Football League's Kansas City Brigade.

In March 2009, Quincy Carter signed a one-year contract with the Abilene Ruff Riders of the Indoor Football League.

On December 15,2006, Quincy Carter was arrested in Irving, Texas on possession of marijuana charges.

Quincy Carter was released in lieu of a $500 bond paid by Dallas sports talk-show host and journalist, Randy Galloway.

Quincy Carter became an independent youth football coach in Georgia specializing in training for the quarterback position.

Quincy Carter is currently training youth at his quarterback school.