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Quarless: An interesting TE for Packers 
April, 24, 2010

By Kevin Seifert

There is quite an interesting story behind Penn State tight end Andrew Quarless, whom Green Bay selected with the first of its two fifth-round picks Saturday.

Anyone who watched Big 10 football last year knows Quarless was a scary tight end who weighs 255 pounds but gets downfield like a wide receiver. You might also know that Quarless had so many off-field issues that he had to talk Penn State coach Joe Paterno out of kicking him off the team.

First, here is the off-field history from Scouts Inc.:

2007: Cited for underage drinking two weeks before the start of the season. Penn State suspends him for the first two games of the season. 2008: Gets cited for two counts of DUI, a traffic violation and underage drinking for an incident that occurred at 3 a.m. on March 2. Penn State suspends him from the team until the conclusion of spring practice. Sentenced to 15 month rehabilitation program. Police find a small amount of marijuana in apartment he shares with A.J. Wallace, Abe Koroma and Maurice Evans. He is suspended for the season opener (Coastal Carolina.) Though he does not play, he is reinstated the following week (Oregon State) when information indicates he is not connected to the marijuana. 2009: Head coach Joe Paterno says Quarless has been a leader this year.

Quarless told Wisconsin reporters that he hasn't had a drink since the 2008 DUI arrest. He convinced Paterno that he would change his life. He also said he proved in a drug test that he had not used the marijuana found in his apartment.

Put down Quarless squarely in the risk-reward category. He could be the next Jermichael Finley, or we might never see him on the field.


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HoustonMatt
14 years ago
I love the idea that college kids who drink and smoke pot are all of the sudden "character problems." I have no idea whether or not this kid will be a good player or not, but the fact that he liked to party a little in college has no absolutely no bearing on his future success.

For whatever reason, people seem to hold college athletes to a higher standard than other college kids. I know some seriously smart and well adjusted people who drank, smoked weed and did cocaine all through college (and still do from time to time). These people are your bankers, pilots, teachers, doctors, lawyers, etc. Yet we're supposed to concern ourselves because a Tight End may like to get high from time to time?

Again, I don't know if Quarless is going to be a good player or not, but his "character issues" from college aren't even remotely a problem in my mind.
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Zero2Cool
14 years ago
I thought college years were the time of experimenting? Now experimenting means you have character flaws?

The DUI no excuse for that though.
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djcubez
14 years ago
This pick is amazing. If we can teach this kid to block even a little bit we could line up in a 2 TE formation (Quarless, Finley) with a single back (Grant/Starks) and 2 WR (Jennings, Driver) and audible to a shotgun spread. That would create serious match-up problems. Imagine it on the goal line.
Packers_Finland
14 years ago



For whatever reason, people seem to hold college athletes to a higher standard than other college kids. I know some seriously smart and well adjusted people who drank, smoked weed and did cocaine all through college (and still do from time to time). These people are your bankers, pilots, teachers, doctors, lawyers, etc. Yet we're supposed to concern ourselves because a Tight End may like to get high from time to time?

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I don't care about drug usage with these prospects at all. But DUI is just retarded.
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go.pack.go.
14 years ago
Well, as he proved with a drug test, he never used the Marijuana.
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digsthepack
14 years ago
Recall, if you will, the fits that Chewey and Keith Jackson created for DCs back in the mid-late 1990s. Now, envision that with two much better athletes. If the kid has his life on track...and it sounds as if he does....the Finley/Quarless combo could be lethal. And, the kid could also be the next in line if Finley gets all headcase on the next contract. While it left me scratching my head initially, it looks like a nice pick to me after some further thought.
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14 years ago
Providing Rodgers with even more talented weapons like this is almost unfair.
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digsthepack
14 years ago
Dear Lord...Rodgers is a rock star, isn't he?? Ted Thompson learned from Ron Wolf's greatest regret....not providing #4 with all the weapons he could have, and should have.
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14 years ago
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