Quintin Demps

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Quintin Demps
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Demps with the Houston Texans
No. 27 Houston Texans
Position: Safety
Personal information
Date of birth: (1985-06-29) June 29, 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth: San Antonio, Texas
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Career information
High school: San Antonio (TX) Roosevelt
College: UTEP
NFL draft: 2008 / Round: 4 / Pick: 117
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 14, 2015
Tackles: 233
Sacks: 1.5
INTs: 12
Pass Deflections: 34
Total TDs: 2
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Quintin Lamon Demps (born June 29, 1985) is an American football safety for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth round of the 2008 NFL draft. He played college football at Texas-El Paso.

Demps has also been a member of the Hartford Colonials, Kansas City Chiefs, and New York Giants.

Early years

Demps was born in San Antonio, Texas. He attended Theodore Roosevelt High School in San Antonio and was a student and a letterman in football and track. In football, as a junior, he led his team to the District Title and was a second team All-District 26-5A selection. As a senior, he was named as an All-District 26-5A selection, an All-Greater San Antonio selection, and as an All-State Honorable Mention selection. Demps graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in 2003.

College career

Demps earned first-team All-Conference USA honors as a senior at UTEP in 2007, when he had a pair of 100-yard interception returns. Demps ranks second in school history with 17 picks.

Professional career

Philadelphia Eagles

Demps was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth round (117th overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft. He signed a four-year contract with the team on May 30, 2008.[1]

Demps proved to be a very good kick returner for the Eagles in 2008, finishing fourth in the NFL in kick return yards. He averaged 25.3 yards per kick return. He scored his first career touchdown in week 13 against the Baltimore Ravens with a 100-yard kickoff return touchdown.[2] In his rookie season, Demps had 18 tackles and one sack.

According to former Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Johnson, Demps was the favorite to start at free safety for the Eagles in 2009. However, Macho Harris beat Demps for the starting job.

Demps was waived on September 4, 2010.

Hartford Colonials

Demps was signed by the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League on November 8, 2010.[2]

Houston Texans

Demps was signed by the Houston Texans on December 7, 2010, after the team placed defensive end Jesse Nading on injured reserve. On September 3, 2011 Demps was cut. Demps re-signed with the Texans on October 25, 2011, after Danieal Manning was lost for 4–6 weeks due to a broken leg. Demps was again resigned on April 4, 2012 to a multi-year contract.

Kansas City Chiefs

He was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs on May 22, 2013.[3]

New York Giants

Demps was signed by the New York Giants on March 16, 2014. Demps intercepted 4 passes in his 2014 year with the Giants.[4]

Houston Texans

On August 19, 2015 Demps signed with the Houston Texans for a one-year contract.[5] On April 7, 2016 the Texans re-signed Demps to a one year deal.

References

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  5. ↑ http://www.houstontexans.com/news/article-2/Texans-add-Quintin-Demps-and-Fili-Moala/48a32ac1-61a0-4e44-8385-f5d31cea25e8

External links

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