Quinton Flowers
| South Florida Bulls No. 9 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class | Junior |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Miami Jackson |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | December 2, 1994 |
| Place of birth | Miami, Florida |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Quinton Flowers (born December 2, 1994) is an American football quarterback for the South Florida Bulls.
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]
Personal
Flowers father died in a drive-by shooting when Quinton was seven years old and his mother died of cancer in 2012.[5] Just days prior to his first career start in 2014, his stepbrother was shot and killed.[6][7]
References
- ↑ "Miami Jackson quarterback Quinton Flowers commits to USF for a second time | High School Sports Blog". miamiherald.typepad.com. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
- ↑ "Quinton Flowers named Bulls' starting QB | Tampa Bay Times". tampabay.com. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
- ↑ "Mark it down: Quinton Flowers, greatest USF player in history | Tampa Bay Times". tampabay.com. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
- ↑ "USF’s Quinton Flowers is the best college football player you don’t know about | The Draft Wire". draftwire.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
- ↑ "Tough background keeps things in perspective for USF QB Quinton Flowers | Tampa Bay Times". tampabay.com. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
- ↑ "USF QB Quinton Flowers has paved his own path to a big opportunity against FSU - College Football Nation Blog- ESPN". espn.com. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
- ↑ USF Freshman QB Will Start Two Days After Brother Was Killed.