Introduction
Quentin Omario Moses (November 18, 1983 – February 12, 2017) was an American football outside linebacker and coach. He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 3rd round of the 2007 NFL Draft. After his playing career ended, he became the defensive ends coach for Reinhardt University.
Early years
Moses attended Cedar Shoals High School in Athens, Georgia. 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 end. He was highly recruited as a basketball player before his decision to focus solely on football.
College career
Awards and honors
- First-team Sporting News All-Freshman (2003)
- 2x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2004–2005)
- Mid-season Sports Illustrated All-American (2005)
- Consensus First-team All-SEC (2005)
- Rivals.com All-American (2005)
- Second-team Walter Camp Football Foundation All-American (2006)
- Third-team Associated Press 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 |
Professional career
Pre-draft
| Pre-draft measureables | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20 ss | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | Wonderlic | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6-5¼* | 261* | 4.82** | 1.59* | 2.78* | 4.53* | 7.38** | 32" * | 9'07"* | 17* | 22* | |||||||||
Oakland Raiders
Drafted by the Oakland Raiders with the first pick in the third round and was cut on September 1. Moses was the highest drafted player from that year's draft not to make a roster on opening day.
Arizona Cardinals
Moses was claimed off waivers by the Arizona Cardinals on September 2, 2007. He was released on October 16, 2007.
Miami Dolphins
Moses was signed by the Miami Dolphins 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.
Death
On February 12, 2017, Moses died battling a house fire in Monroe, Georgia, where he tried to save his best friend Xavier Godard's wife Andria Godard and their daughter Jasmin Godard; Moses was later taken to a hospital where he later died. He was 33.