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Friday, February 23, 2018

Quinton Flowers: USF quarterback overcame family tragedy | SI.com
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Quinton Lenard Flowers (born December 2, 1994) is an American football quarterback for the South Florida Bulls.


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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.


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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. 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. Flowers returned as the starter in 2016. Flowers was the American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year in 2016, rushing for 1,530 yards and 18 touchdowns, while throwing for 2,812 yards and 24 touchdowns with only 7 interceptions. Flowers was second nationally in ESPN's Total QBR statistic in 2016.

College statistics


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Personal

Flowers father died in a drive-by shooting when Quinton was seven years old and his mother died of cancer in 2012. Just days prior to his first career start in 2014, his stepbrother was shot and killed.


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References


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External links

  • South Florida bio

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