Position: Cornerback College: Miami (OH) Name Quinten Rollins Weight 88 kg Parents Kendra Rollins | Place of birth: Wilmington, Ohio Roster status: Active Height 1.80 m High school Wilmington High School | |
Date of birth: (1992-07-15) July 15, 1992 (age 23) NFL draft: 2015 / Round: 2 / Pick: 62 Role American football cornerback Current team Green Bay Packers (#24 / Cornerback) Similar People Sam Shields, Ty Montgomery, Nick Perry, Micah Hyde, Mike McCarthy Profiles | ||
Quinten Rollins - Miami (Oh.) Football - CB - 2014 Michigan Game
Quinten Rollins (born July 15, 1992) is an American football cornerback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Miami (Ohio), where he also played college basketball.
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- Quinten Rollins Miami Oh Football CB 2014 Michigan Game
- Early years
- College career
- Professional career
- References
Early years
The son of Chad Rollins, Quinten Rollins was raised by his mother and his grandmother along with two younger brothers. He attended Wilmington High School in Wilmington, Ohio, where he played both basketball and football for the Hurricanes. A four-year letterwinner and two-year captain in basketball, as a senior in 2009-10 he was named Division II first-team All-Ohio, averaging 19.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.6 steals and 2.5 assists per game. As a junior in 2008-09. he was third-team All-Ohio, averaging 17.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals. In football, he was a three-year team captain and as a senior was a first-team all-conference selection and Division II third-team All-Ohio. He is a member of the Wilmington High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
College career
Rollins played college basketball at Miami University from 2010 to 2014. During his career at Miami he played in 116 games and finished second in RedHawks history with 214 career steals. He also ranked fourth at Miami in career assists (391), seventh in games started (106) and ninth in minutes played (3,448). He was a three-time Miami defensive player of the year.
Rollins joined Miami's football team in 2014. In his lone season of football, he was the MAC Defensive Player of the Year after recording 72 tackles and seven interceptions.
Professional career
Rollins was selected in the second round (62nd overall) of the 2015 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers.
On May 11, 2015 it was announced that Rollins had signed a four-year contract with the Packers. The deal was estimated to be worth $3.74 million over four years with a $981,864 signing bonus.
On October 11, 2015 Rollins recorded his first NFL interception, off St. Louis Rams quarterback Nick Foles, and returned it 45 yards for a touchdown to put the Packers ahead 14-0 late in the first quarter. He recorded his second career interception with 28 seconds remaining in that game to secure the 24-10 Packers' win.