Following the retirement of legend Troy Aikman, Carter found himself as the starting quarterback of the most popular team in football. Just as he was a second round pick in the baseball draft years before, Carter was taken as the 53rd overall pick in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys. Quincy in the NFL: The Trouble with Big D Coach Jim Donnan was fired and Quincy announced he was leaving for the NFL after his junior season, much to the liking of most in the Bulldog Nation. Rumors swirled around Athens that Carter was actually caught with drugs and that is why he was not playing. And that was the beginning of the end for Carter at Georgia:Ĭarter was never the same and ended his career on the bench with an injury. After a win over Georgia Southern, the Dawgs headed to South Carolina to take on a Gamecocks team that had not won a game in 1999. Expectations were high for Carter’s junior season, as he was on early Heisman watch lists and the Dawgs were ranked in the top 10. 1999 was another successful season for Carter as the Bulldogs went 8-4 and beat Purdue on New Year’s Day in the Outback Bowl. Carter’s signature win was a 28-27 upset of #6 ranked LSU in which Carter passed for 318 yards and two touchdowns. Carter enjoyed a successful freshman season under coach Jim Donnan leading the Bulldogs to a 9-3 record and a Peach Bowl victory over Virginia. Quincy would win a highly contested battle for the starting quarterback job (beating out the likes of Nate Hybl who would later start at Oklahoma and Daniel Cobb who would later start at Auburn). When Quincy Carter decided to restart his football career, he decided to stay away from the school he originally committed to (Georgia Tech) and instead headed to rival Georgia. Quarterback for the Georgia Bulldogs (1998-2000) 215 in 55 games his first season, Carter failed to improve over the next two seasons and found himself out of baseball in 1998, having never hit above. The Chicago Cubs made Carter the 52 nd overall pick in the 1996 Amateur Draft and he quickly began his baseball career. The star QB committed to play football at Georgia Tech however he would never take a snap for the Yellow Jackets. In the fall of 1995, Quincy Carter led his Southwest Dekalb team to the Georgia AAAA State Championship over future Bulldog Brett Millican and the Parkview Panthers. High School Legend to Minor League Washout Here is a look at the rise and fall of Lavonya Quintelle “Quincy” Carter. When I heard a couple of weeks ago that he was once again trying to resurrect his career, this time in low level arena league football, I decided to take a closer look at this fallen Bulldog star. Quincy Carter spent three years as the starting quarterback at The University of Georgia from 1998 – 2000.
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