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| Position: | Director of football operations | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: | (1971-09-11)September 11, 1971 (age 53) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Whites Creek (TN) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Vanderbilt | ||||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
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Shelton Eugene Quarles (born September 11, 1971) is anAmerican football executive and formerlinebacker who is the director of football operations for theTampa Bay Buccaneers of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football atVanderbilt and was signed by theMiami Dolphins as anundrafted free agent in 1994. He also played for theBC Lions and the Buccaneers, the team he played for from 1997 to 2006.
Quarles is an alumnus ofWhites Creek High School inNashville, Tennessee and was a student and aletterman infootball. In football, he won a first-team All-State honors as a senior, and finished his career with 30sacks, 505tackles, and fiveinterceptions. He was also a member ofNational Honor Society. Shelton Quarles graduated from Whites Creek High School in 1990.
Quarles playedcollege football inVanderbilt earning second-teamAll-Southeastern Conference honors as a senior and signed as anundrafted free agent by theMiami Dolphins in 1994 but was cut intraining camp. Quarles then played for two seasons (1995-96) with theCanadian Football League'sBC Lions before signing with theBuccaneers as a free agent in 1997.
Quarles helped lead the Buccaneers to their firstSuper Bowl championship in the2002 season. Quarles also holds the record for the longest play in Buccaneers' history with a 98-yard interception return for a touchdown against theGreen Bay Packers in2001.[1] On April 24, 2007, it was announced that the Bucs were going to release him before the2007 NFL draft after he failed a physical.[2]
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Won theSuper Bowl | |
| Bold | Career high |
| 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 in 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 29, 2014, the Buccaneers promoted Quarles to director of football operations.[4]
Quarles is married to his wife, Damaris, and have three children together: a daughter, Gabriela Nicole, and sons, Shelton Eugene Jr. and Carlos Antonio. They reside inTampa Bay, Florida.
Quarles launched theIMPACT Foundation whose mission is to benefit at-risk children, youth, and their families by providing assistance, programs, and events designed to build self-esteem, provide unique life changing opportunities, and beneficiaries to set and achieve life goals.
Upon retiring Quarles was appointed by Florida GovernorCharlie Crist to the board of the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority.[5] He served in the position until 2009.
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