Kurt Quarterman (born October 5, 1983) is a former

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wit ...

guard Guard or guards may refer to: Professional occupations * Bodyguard, who protects an individual from personal assault * Crossing guard, who stops traffic so pedestrians can cross the street * Lifeguard, who rescues people from drowning * Prison gu ...

. He last played for the

Sacramento Mountain Lions The Sacramento Mountain Lions was a professional American football team based in Sacramento, California that played in the United Football League (2009–2012), United Football League. The franchise originated as the California Redwoods, and playe ...

in the United Football League in 2012. He played college football at the

University of Louisville The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public research university in Louisville, Kentucky. It is part of the Kentucky state university system. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of ...

High school career

Quarterman attended

Westover Comprehensive High School Westover Comprehensive High School is a public high school located in Albany, Georgia, United States. Westover High Westover High School serves 9th through 12th grade students from the city of Albany, which is part of Dougherty County. Westover ...

Albany, Georgia Albany ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Georgia. Located on the Flint River, it is the seat of Dougherty County, and is the sole incorporated city in that county. Located in southwest Georgia, it is the principal city of the Albany, Georgia m ...

where he was a three-year varsity football starter and earned All-Metro Conference second-team honors as a senior in 2001. In track and field, Quarterman was a three-time state champion in

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

and discus and set the school and regional records for discus as a junior.

College career

Quarterman played college football for the

. As a freshman, Quarterman didn't see any playing time during Louisville's

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains independence from Indonesia and ...

season. As a sophomore in

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, disintegrated during reentry into Atmosphere of Earth, Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an 2002– ...

, Quarterman played in all of Louisville's 13 games, but just on special teams (extra point and field goals) and in short yardage situations. He did, however, score a one-yard rushing touchdown in Louisville's 42-14 win over

UTEP The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public research university in El Paso, Texas. It is a member of the University of Texas System. UTEP is the second-largest university in the United States to have a majority Mexican American stude ...

. As a junior, in

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, Quarterman became the team's starting offensive guard, starting all 12 regular season games. He also scored another one-yard rushing touchdown during the season, this time against

Army An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

, helping the Cardinals to a 52-21 victory. Quarterman also started all 12 games in

, and once again he rushed for a one-yard touchdown during the season. This time he scored in Louisville's 56-5 win over

Rutgers Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and w ...

, giving the 6-foot-5, 341-pound senior lineman his third career score. Quarterman helped the Cardinals' running game average more than 250 yards-per-game.

Professional career

National Football League (NFL)

In March 2007, Quarterman worked out at University of Louisville's

Pro Day The National Football League Draft, also called the NFL Draft or (officially) the Player Selection Meeting, is an annual event which serves as the league's most common source of player recruitment. Each team is given a position in the drafting o ...

before the 2007 NFL draft in April.

Gil Brandt Gil Brandt (born March 4, 1932) is an American former football executive who was the vice president of player personnel in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys from 1960 to 1988. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsi ...

of NFL.com reported that Quarterman measured a height of 6-foot-4 1/8 and a weight of 350 pounds. He ran the 40-yard dash in 5.43 seconds and 5.48 seconds, the short shuttle in 5.03 seconds and the three-cone drill in 8.10 seconds. Quarterman measured a 26-inch vertical jump, a 7-foot-6 broad jump and he completed 25 repetitions on the 225-pound bench press. In May 2007, The Atlanta Falcons signed Quarterman as an undrafted free agent. On September 1, 2007, the Falcons waived Quarterman but re-signed him to their practice squad two days later. Quarterman was signed from the practice squad to the Falcons active roster on December 26, 2007 but was declared inactive four days later. Seven days after being released by the Falcons, Quarterman was picked up off waivers by the

New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East divisio ...

on June 27, 2008. He was released and re-signed to the Giants' practice squad at the end of August 2008 but was later released from the team in September 2008. Quarterman was signed to the

Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland. Named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown, they compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference ( ...

and

Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North Division. The team play their home games at For ...

practice squads in 2009, but was released by the Lions in June 2010.

United Football League (UFL)

On May 2, 2011, Quarterman was selected by the

Hartford Colonials The Hartford Colonials, originally the New York Sentinels, were a professional American football team that played in the United Football League in its 2009 and 2010 seasons. A charter member of the UFL, the Sentinels began play in 2009 nominally ...

of the United Football League (UFL) in the second round of the UFL Draft. He signed with the team on May 6, 2011. After the Hartford franchise was shuttered by the UFL on August 10, 2011, a

dispersal draft A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when their current team ceases to exist or is merged with another team. Like most other sports drafts, most dispersal drafts are conducted in North America. ...

of the Colonials former players was held on August 15, 2011. Quarterman was picked up by the

and played with the team until the UFL ceased operation on October 20, 2012.

References

External links

Louisville Cardinals bio

NFL bio

Just Sports Stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Quarterman, Kurt 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Albany, Georgia Players of American football from Georgia (U.S. state) American football offensive tackles American football offensive guards Louisville Cardinals football players Atlanta Falcons players New York Giants players Cleveland Browns players Detroit Lions players Hartford Colonials players Sacramento Mountain Lions players