QUINCY CARTER

​​Quincy Carter was a top-100 national prospect in baseball and football at Southwest DeKalb and led the Panthers’ football team to the 1995 Class AAAA Championship under coach Buck Godfrey. Carter finished his high school career with 4,450 passing yards, 37 passing touchdowns, 1,489 rushing yards and 32 rushing touchdowns. He was the AJC and Associated Press All-Classification Player of the Year and a Parade All-American for the 1995 season. At 6-foot-3, 210 pounds with a strong arm, size and speed, and a proven winner in Georgia’s highest classification, Carter possessed perhaps the strongest resume as a dual-threat quarterback prospect in state history at that point. He signed with Georgia Tech but was taken in the second round of the MLB Draft and played in the minor leagues for two seasons. Carter enrolled at Georgia in 1998 and became the Bulldogs’ starter for the opener that season and for a memorable upset at No. 6 LSU in his fourth game. In his Georgia career, he passed for 6,447 yards, second in school history at that time behind fellow Hall of Famer Eric Zeier. Carter was a second-round NFL Draft pick in 2001, and played four seasons, starting in 34 games. Carter is now a private quarterbacks coach in Atlanta. This year, he joined Southwest DeKalb’s staff as a community coach.