Shelton Quarles
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| Shelton Quarles | |
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| Position(s): Linebacker |
Jersey #(s): 53 |
| Born: September 11, 1971 Nashville, Tennessee |
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| Career Information | |
| Year(s): 1997–2006 | |
| College: Vanderbilt | |
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| Career Stats | |
| Tackles | 737 |
| Sacks | 13 |
| Interceptions | 4 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
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Shelton Eugene Quarles (born September 11, 1971 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a former linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the team he played for in his ten year career from 1997 to 2006. He now serves as a scout for the Buccaneers.
[edit] High school years
Quarles is an alumnus of Whites Creek High School in Nashville, Tennessee and was a student and a letterman in football. In football, he won a first-team All-State honors as a senior, and finished his career with 30 sacks, 505 tackles, and five interceptions. He was also a member of National Honor Society. Shelton Quarles graduated from Whites Creek High School in 1990.
[edit] College and pro career
Quarles played college football in Vanderbilt earning second-team All-Southeastern Conference honors as a senior and signed as an undrafted free agent by the Miami Dolphins in 1994 but got cut in training camp. Quarles then played for two seasons (1995-96) with the Canadian Football League's British Columbia Lions before signing with the Buccaneers as a free agent in 1997.
Quarles helped lead the Buccaneers to its first Super Bowl championship in the 2002 season. Quarles also owns the longest play in Buccaneers history with a 98-yard interception return for a touchdown against the Green Bay Packers in 2001. On April 24, 2007 it was announced that the Bucs were going to release him before the 2007 NFL Draft after failing a physical.[1]
Quarles has also launched the IMPACT Foundation whose mission is to benefit at-risk children, youth and their families by providing assistance, programs and events designed to build self-esteem, provide unique life changing opportunities and help them to set and achieve their life goals.
[edit] Post-Playing Career
On August 1, 2007, the Buccaneers hired Quarles as a pro scout in their personnel department.
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