Quinten Pounds

Quinten Pounds (born December 31, 1996) is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. He also played for the Cologne Centurions of the European League of Football. He played college football for the University of Washington.

Quinten Pounds
Personal information
Born: (1996-12-31) December 31, 1996
Cypress, California
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school:Cypress High School
College:Washington
Position:Wide receiver
Undrafted:2020
Career history
Career highlights and awards
  • Second-team All-ELF (2022)
Career ELF statistics as of 2022
Receptions:127
Receiving yards:1,675
Return yards:1,245
Total touchdowns:21

Early life

Pounds was born in Cypress, California and went to Cypress High School, where he participated in basketball and in track and field as a high jumper, in addition to football.[1] As a senior in 2014, he lead the Centurions to an 8–3 record as the team's leading receiver (29 catches for 570 yards and eight touchdowns) and leading rusher (788 yards and 11 touchdowns), earning Empire League MVP and first-team All-County honors.[1][2]

College career

On October 29, 2014, Pounds committed to the University of Washington and the Washington Huskies football program. In five seasons he suffered three season ending injuries in 2015, 2017 and 2018.[3][4] Because of that, he redshirted his 2016 freshman and 2017 sophomore year.

College statistics
YearTeamGPReceivingRushing
RECYdsAvgTDsAttYdsAvgTDs
College Division I
2015Washington300000000
2016Washington1468614.310000
2017Washington81015515.511000
2018Washington7816620.810000
2019Washington300000000
College total 35244071731000
Source: gohuskies.com[1]

Professional career

Cologne Centurions

Pounds signed with the Cologne Centurions for the 2021 season as one of their four American imports. He recorded 666 receiving yards and eight touchdowns.[5] On October 1, 2021, the franchise announced his contract extension for 2022. In his second season with the team, Pounds made 86 receptions for 1,009 yards and 13 touchdowns.[6] He was named the team MVP.

Professional statistics
YearTeamGPReceivingRushing
RECYdsAvgTDsAttYdsAvgTDs
European League of Football
2021Cologne Centurions84566914.980000
2022Cologne Centurions1286100911.73130000
ELF total 20131167812.9210000
Source: EuropeanLeague.Football

References
  1. "Quinten Pounds - University of Washington Athletics". gohuskies.com. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  2. Miles, Todd (September 26, 2017). "Pounds is next man up for Huskies' receiving corps". Kitsap Sun. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  3. Vanoni, Maggie (August 15, 2019). "Despite three ACL injuries in four years, Quinten Pounds isn't giving up on football or the Huskies". The Seattle Times. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  4. Kirschman, Lauren (October 15, 2018). "UW wide receiver Quinten Pounds out for season, three players week-to-week". The News Tribune. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  5. "TOP 10 RECEIVING LEADERS OF THE EUROPEAN LEAGUE OF FOOTBALL IN 2021". EuropeanLeague.Football. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  6. "ELF: No major surprises among final offensive stats leaders". American Football International. September 8, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
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