Quentin Moses
Encyclopedia
Quentin Moses is an American football
linebacker
for the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League.
. He was a prepStar All-Southeast Region, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Top 50 in Georgia, and named to Athens Banner-Herald All-Northeast Georgia team senior season as a defensive lineman. He was highly-recruited as a basketball
player before focusing solely on football.
Key: GP - games played; Total - total tackles; Solo - solo tackles; Ast - assisted tackles; TFL - tackles for loss; Sck - quarterback sacks; FF - forced fumbles; FR - fumble recoveries; INT - interceptions; PD - passes defensed; TD - touchdowns
with the first pick in the third round and was cut on September 1. Moses was the highest drafted player in the league not to make a roster on opening day.
on September 2, 2007. Moses was released by the Cardinals on October 16, 2007.
on October 23, 2007. He recorded his first career full sack
on November 26, bringing down Ben Roethlisberger
during a Monday Night Football
game against the Pittsburgh Steelers
.
An exclusive-rights free agent in the 2009 offseason, Moses was re-signed on March 31, 2009, to a one-year, $460,000 contract with the Dolphins.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
linebacker
Linebacker
A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...
for the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League.
Early years
Moses attended Cedar Shoals High SchoolCedar Shoals High School
Cedar Shoals High School is a high school established in 1972 in Athens, Georgia in the Clarke County School District.It is one of the two traditional high schools in the school system, the other one being Clarke Central High School; the two schools have a rivalry known as the Classic City...
. He was a prepStar All-Southeast Region, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Top 50 in Georgia, and named to Athens Banner-Herald All-Northeast Georgia team senior season as a defensive lineman. He was highly-recruited as a basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player before focusing solely on football.
Awards and honors
- First-team Sporting News All-Freshman (2003)
- 2x SECSoutheastern ConferenceThe Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
Academic Honor Roll (2004–2005) - Mid-season Sports IllustratedSports IllustratedSports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...
All-American (2005) - Consensus First-team All-SEC (2005)
- Rivals.comRivals.comRivals.com is a network of websites that focus mainly on college football and basketball recruiting. The network was started in 1996 and currently employs more than 300 personnel.-Schools:The individual collegiate sites can be found...
All-American (2005) - Second-team Walter Camp Football FoundationWalter Camp Football FoundationThe Walter Camp Football Foundation is one of the organizations whose College Football All-America Team is recognized by the NCAA. The organization also presents various awards.-Awards:*Walter Camp Player of the Year*CT Player of the Year...
All-American (2006) - Third-team Associated PressAssociated PressThe Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
All-American (2006) - Playboy All-American (2006)
Statistics
| Career Statistics | |||||||||||
| Tackles | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | GP | Total | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sck | FF | FR | INT | PD | TD |
| 2003 | 14 | 33 | 19 | 14 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 12 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 13 | 44 | 35 | 9 | 20.5 | 11.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2006 | 13 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 12.0 | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 52 | 133 | 91 | 42 | 45.0 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Key: GP - games played; Total - total tackles; Solo - solo tackles; Ast - assisted tackles; TFL - tackles for loss; Sck - quarterback sacks; FF - forced fumbles; FR - fumble recoveries; INT - interceptions; PD - passes defensed; TD - touchdowns
Pre-draft
| Pre-draft measureables | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | Weight | 40-yard dash 40 yard dash The 40-yard dash is a sprint covering . It is primarily run to evaluate the speed of American football players by scouts, particularly for the NFL Draft but also for collegiate recruiting. A player's recorded time in the 40 can have a heavy impact on his prospects in college or professional football... |
10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20 ss 20 yard shuttle The 20-yard shuttle, also simply called the short shuttle, is a test performed by American football athletes at the NFL combine. It is primarily run to evaluate the quickness and change-of-direction ability of players by scouts, particularly for the NFL Draft but also for collegiate recruiting... |
3-cone 3 cone drill The 3 cone drill, or three cone drill, is a test performed by American football athletes at the NFL combine. It is primarily run to evaluate the agility, quickness and fluidity of movement of players by scouts, particularly for the NFL Draft but also for collegiate recruiting... |
Vert Vertical jump A vertical jump or vertical leap is the act of raising one's center of gravity higher in the vertical plane solely with the use of one's own muscles; it is a measure of how high an individual or athlete can elevate off the ground from a standstill.-Types of vertical jump:The vertical jump is... |
Broad | BP Bench press The bench press is an exercise of the upper body. For bodybuilding purposes, it is used to stimulate the pectorals, deltoids, and triceps. While on his or her back, the person performing the bench press lowers a weight to the level of the chest, then pushes it back up until the arm is straight... |
Wonderlic | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6-5¼* | 261* | 4.82** | 1.59* | 2.78* | 4.53* | 7.38** | 32" * | 9'07"* | 17* | 22* | |||||||||
| * represents NFL Combine NFL Combine The National Invitational Camp or NFL Scouting Combine, as it is more widely known, is a week-long showcase, occurring every February in Indianapolis, Indiana's Lucas Oil Stadium , where college football players perform physical and mental tests in front of National Football League coaches, general... ** represents Georgia Pro Day |
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Oakland Raiders
Drafted by the Oakland RaidersOakland Raiders
The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
with the first pick in the third round and was cut on September 1. Moses was the highest drafted player in the league not to make a roster on opening day.
Arizona Cardinals
He was claimed off waivers by the Arizona CardinalsArizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
on September 2, 2007. Moses was released by the Cardinals on October 16, 2007.
Miami Dolphins
Moses was signed by the Miami DolphinsMiami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
on October 23, 2007. He recorded his first career full sack
Quarterback sack
In American football and Canadian football, a sack occurs when the quarterback is tackled behind the line of scrimmage before he can throw a forward pass, or when the quarterback is tackled behind the line of scrimmage in the "pocket" and the intent of what he was going to do is unclear...
on November 26, bringing down Ben Roethlisberger
Ben Roethlisberger
Benjamin Todd "Ben" Roethlisberger , nicknamed Big Ben, is an American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Steelers in the first round in the 2004 NFL Draft...
during a Monday Night Football
Monday Night Football
Monday Night Football is a live broadcast of the National Football League on ESPN. From to it aired on ABC. Monday Night Football was, along with Hallmark Hall of Fame, and the Walt Disney anthology television series, one of the longest running prime time commercial network television series...
game against the Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...
.
An exclusive-rights free agent in the 2009 offseason, Moses was re-signed on March 31, 2009, to a one-year, $460,000 contract with the Dolphins.