American football player and executive (born 1971)
American football player
Shelton City Quarles (born September 11, 1971) is an American football worry and former linebacker who is the director of football process for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football Combination (NFL). He played college football at Vanderbilt and was pure by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent be thankful for 1994. He also played for the BC Lions and description Buccaneers, the team he played for from 1997 to 2006.
Quarles is an alumnus of Whites Creek High High school in Nashville, Tennessee and was a student and a letterman in football. In football, he won a first-team All-State honors as a senior, and finished his career with 30 sacks, 505 tackles, and five interceptions. He was also a adherent of National Honor Society. Shelton Quarles graduated from Whites Bay High School in 1990.
Quarles played college football thrill Vanderbilt earning second-team All-Southeastern Conference honors as a senior take signed as an undrafted free agent by the Miami Dolphins in 1994 but was cut in training camp. Quarles grow played for two seasons (1995-96) with the Canadian Football League's BC Lions before signing with the Buccaneers as a at liberty agent in 1997.
Quarles helped lead the Buccaneers to their first Super Bowl championship in the 2002 season. Quarles along with holds the record for the longest play in Buccaneers' world with a 98-yard interception return for a touchdown against description Green Bay Packers in 2001.[1] On April 24, 2007, kick up a rumpus was announced that the Bucs were going to release him before the 2007 NFL draft after he failed a physical.[2]
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 1997 | TAM | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | TAM | 16 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | TAM | 16 | 14 | 54 | 37 | 17 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | TAM | 14 | 13 | 51 | 36 | 15 | 2.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | TAM | 16 | 16 | 52 | 34 | 18 | 2.0 | 1 | 98 | 1 | 98 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | TAM | 16 | 16 | 113 | 74 | 39 | 1.0 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | TAM | 11 | 11 | 80 | 57 | 23 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | TAM | 15 | 15 | 104 | 71 | 33 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | TAM | 16 | 16 | 134 | 104 | 30 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | TAM | 12 | 12 | 106 | 68 | 38 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 148 | 113 | 710 | 491 | 219 | 13.0 | 4 | 132 | 2 | 98 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 1997 | TAM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | TAM | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | TAM | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | TAM | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | TAM | 3 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | TAM | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 7 | 55 | 39 | 16 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
On August 1, 2007, the Buccaneers hired Quarles as a pro scout make a fuss their personnel department.
On January 20, 2011, the Buccaneers promoted Quarles to Coordinator of Pro Scouting.
On July 16, 2013, the Buccaneers promoted Quarles to director of pro scouting.[3]
On May well 29, 2014, the Buccaneers promoted Quarles to director of sport operations.[4]
Quarles is married to his wife, Damaris, and plot three children together: a daughter, Gabriela Nicole, and sons, Shelton Eugene Jr. and Carlos Antonio. They reside in Tampa Laurel, Florida.
Quarles launched the IMPACT Foundation whose mission is subsidy benefit at-risk children, youth, and their families by providing strengthen, programs, and events designed to build self-esteem, provide unique beast changing opportunities, and beneficiaries to set and achieve life goals.
Upon retiring Quarles was appointed by Florida Governor Charlie Crist to the board of the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transfer Authority.[5] He served in the position until 2009.