Quentin Sims (born July 11, 1990) is an

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wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He played college football at

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and attended Northwest High School and Colerain High School in

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where he played football and participated in track and field. He has also been a member of the

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a professional Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Blue Bombers compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West Division (CFL), West division. They play their h ...

Arizona Rattlers The Arizona Rattlers are a professional indoor American football team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are currently members of the Indoor Football League (IFL). The Rattlers were founded in 1992 as an expansion team in the Arena Football League a ...

Cleveland Gladiators The Cleveland Gladiators were an arena football team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, and members of the Arena Football League (AFL). The Gladiators played their home games at Quicken Loans Arena, which they shared with the Cleveland Cav ...

Ottawa Redblacks The Ottawa Redblacks (officially stylized as REDBLACKS) (French: Le Rouge et Noir d'Ottawa) are a professional Canadian football team based in Ottawa, Ontario. The team plays in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Starting ...

and

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College career

Sims played for the

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from 2008 to 2010. He was the team's back up wide receiver for 2 years and helped the Yellow Jackets to 16 wins. He transferred to

UT Martin The University of Tennessee at Martin (UT Martin or UTM) is a public university in Martin, Tennessee. It is one of the five campuses of the University of Tennessee system. UTM is the only public university in West Tennessee outside of Memphis ...

where he played from 2011 to 2012. He was the team's starter for two years and helped the Skyhawks to 13 wins. He played in 45 games during his career including 22 starts at wide receiver. As a senior in 2012, Sims was named First-team All-

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Statistics

Sims's college statistics are as follows:

Professional career

New England Patriots

Sims signed as an

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with the

on July 19, 2013. He played in all four of the Patriots preseason games before he was cut on August 31, 2013. On September 2, 2013, Sims was signed to the Patriots practice squad. He was cut on September 10, 2013.

Orlando Predators

Sims was assigned to the

in 2013. Sims was activated from other league exempt status on May 12, 2014. However, he was placed on the refused to report list on May 13. He was placed on reassignment on June 6, 2014.

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Sims signed with the

on February 5, 2014. He was cut on May 1, 2014.

Arizona Rattlers

Sims was assigned to the

on June 24, 2015. Sims was activated On June 6, 2015, and appeared in the Rattlers final game of the season scoring two touchdowns. He played in the Rattlers National Conference Semifinals but did not play in the National Conference Championship loss to the

San Jose SaberCats The San Jose SaberCats were a professional arena football team based in San Jose, California. The SaberCats had been members of the Arena Football League (AFL) since 1995 (the year in which the team was founded); and until 2015, they belonged to ...

. On October 12, 2015, the Rattlers picked up Sims' rookie option, but on November 5, 2015, Sims was placed on recallable reassignment.

Cleveland Gladiators

On February 5, 2016, Sims was assigned to the

. Sims recorded career highs in all statistical categories in 2016 with 92 receptions, 1,112 receiving yards and 27 touchdowns. Sims emerged as the Gladiators number one receiver in 2017 and earned Second-team All-Arena honors.

Ottawa Redblacks

Sims was signed to the

' practice roster on September 6, 2017. He was released by the Redblacks on September 12, 2017.

Baltimore Brigade

On March 22, 2018, Sims was assigned to the

Albany Empire

On March 11, 2019, Sims was assigned to the Albany Empire.

References

External links

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sims, Quentin Living people 1990 births Players of American football from Ohio American football wide receivers Canadian football wide receivers American players of Canadian football Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football players UT Martin Skyhawks football players New England Patriots players Orlando Predators players Arizona Rattlers players Cleveland Gladiators players Winnipeg Blue Bombers players Ottawa Redblacks players Baltimore Brigade players Albany Empire (AFL) players