Quinton Jefferson, a well-known defensive end in American football, plays for the National Football League’s Seattle Seahawks. At the 2016 NFL Draft, the Seahawks selected him in the fifth round. At Maryland, he played collegiate football.
Jefferson played basketball and football when a student at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Woodland Hills High School. He was ranked No. 15 on the SuperPrep Pennsylvania 32, No. 40 nationally among defensive ends by Scouts, Inc., No. 47 by Scout.com, and No. 25 in Pennsylvania by Rivals.com in 2010.
Quinton Jefferson parents: Larry Jefferson, Bahiyyah Jefferson
Quinton Jefferson’s parents are Larry Jefferson (father), and Bahiyyah Jefferson (mother).
The Seattle Seahawks selected Jefferson with the 147th overall choice in the fifth round of the 2016 NFL Draft after trading seventh-round picks with the New England Patriots in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the next year’s NFL Draft.
The Seahawks revealed that they had signed Jefferson to his rookie contract on May 6, 2016. After sustaining a knee injury, he was placed on injured reserve on October 25, 2016. The Seahawks released Jefferson on September 2, 2017.
