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Biography
Brian Rumeal Quick (born June 5, 1989) is an American football wide receiver for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Appalachian State. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the second round of the 2012 NFL Draft.
Early years
A native of Columbia, South Carolina, Quick attended Ridge View High School, where he was a basketball standout until switching to football only in his senior year. He was unrated as a football prospect by Rivals.com.
College career
As a freshman, he did not register a catch in two games before sitting out the rest of the season with a back injury. The next season, 2008, he rebounded from a slow start to become one of the nation’s top receivers over the final month-and-a-half of the season. In 2009 Quick caught 61 passes for a team-best 982 yards for 16.1 yards-per-catch average. As a junior in 2010, Quick earned First-team All-America honors from Sporting News and was voted Second-team All-Southern Conference by the league’s coaches and media while leading ASU with 47 receptions, 844 receiving yards, nine touchdown catches and 18.0-yards-per-catch average. In his senior year, Quick recorded 71 receptions for 1,096 yards with 11 touchdowns. Sporting News named Quick to its Division I FCS All-America team as did the AFCA and he received Second-team accolades from the Associated Press and The Sports Network.
Professional career
| Ht | Wt | Arm length | Hand size | 40-yd dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | Wonderlic | |||||||
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| 6 ft 3½ in | 220 lb | 34¼ in | 9¾ in | 4.50 s | 1.47 s | 2.59 s | 4.23 s | 7.10 s | 34 in | 10 ft 2 in | 15 reps | x | |||||||
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St. Louis / Los Angeles Rams
At the 2012 NFL Draft, Quick was selected in the second round, (33rd overall) by the St. Louis Rams. He is the highest draft pick ever out of Appalachian State. In his rookie season, Quick got most of his playing time off of the bench, appearing in 15 games. By the conclusion of the season, he recorded 11 receptions for 156 yards and 2 touchdowns. On October 26, 2014 Quick sustained a torn Rotator cuff against the Kansas City Chiefs. Quick finished with 25 receptions on 39 targets for 375 yards and three touchdowns.
On September 25, 2016, Quick became the first Los Angeles Ram to score a touchdown since Jermaine Ross on December 24, 1994, before the Rams' 20-year stay in St. Louis. On October 2, 2016, Quick scored on a 65-yard touchdown as well as another touchdown at the end zone against the Arizona Cardinals.
Washington Redskins
On March 24, 2017, Quick signed with the Washington Redskins.
Personal life
In December 2015, Brian married his girlfriend, Michelle Beltran. In May 2016, they had a daughter, Cali Brielle.