Quintez Cephus

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Detroit Lions in the fifith round (166th overall) of the 2020 NFL Draft...Placed on Reserve/Injured on Oct. 12, 2021...Signed by the Houston Texans on July 18, 2024

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Detroit Lions in the fifith round (166th overall) of the 2020 NFL Draft...Placed on Reserve/Injured on Oct. 12, 2021...Signed by the Houston Texans on July 18, 2024

CAREER:

• Produced a touchdown reception in each of the first two games of the 2021 season, extending his touchdown streak to three-straight games dating back to Week 17 of 2020
• Logged a career-high 83 receiving yards at Chicago (10/3/21)
• Scored his first-career touchdown on a 49-yard pass from QB Matthew Stafford in Week 13 at Chicago (12/6/20)

2022 (Detroit 4/1):

• Started in one-of-four games played where he recorded two receptions for 15 yards (7.5 avg.)

2021 (Detroit 5/3):

• Started in three-of-five games played and recorded 15 receptions for 204 yards (13.6 avg.) and two touchdowns

2020 (Detroit 13/2):

• Saw action in 13 games (two starts), recording 20 receptions for 349 yards (17.5 avg.) and two touchdowns

COLLEGE:

• In 37 games (18 starts) at Wisconsin, produced career totals of 93 receptions for 1,496 yards (16.1 avg.) and 13 touchdowns
• Appeared in all 14 games (five starts), leading the team with 59 receptions for 901 yards (15.3 avg.), seven touchdowns and was the consensus All-Big Ten honorable mention (2019)
• Did not play during the 2018 season.
• Played in nine games (eight starts), posting 30 receptions for 501 yards (16.7 avg.) and six touchdowns in (2017). Missed the final five games of the season due to injury (leg)
• Earned All-Big Ten honorable mention (consensus), CoSIDA Academic All-District and Academic All-Big Ten accolades

• As a true freshman, appeared in all 14 games (five starts), tallying four catches for 94 yards (23.5 avg.) (2016)

PERSONAL:

• Attended Stratford Academy and was named First-Team All-State by Georgia Sports Writers Association and Atlanta Journal-Constitution as a senior after recording 42 receptions for 872 yards and 12 touchdowns. He finished his high school career with 54 career catches for 1,030 yards and 14 touchdowns
• In addition to football scholarship offers, Cephus also received DI scholarship offers for basketball
• Majored in personal finance at Wisconsin