Cam Quayle
| No. 86 | |
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| Position: | Tight end |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | September 24, 1972 Ogden, Utah, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Weight: | 255 lb (116 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Ogden (UT) Ben Lomond |
| College: | Weber State |
| NFL draft: | 1998 / Round: 7 / Pick: 241 |
| Career history | |
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
Cameron P. Quayle (born September 24, 1972) is a former
College career
At Weber State, Quayle caught 149 passes for 1,414 yards and 10 touchdowns.[1]
Professional career
Quayle was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the 1998 NFL Draft as the 241st overall pick, earning the title Mr. Irrelevant a title given to the last player picked in the NFL Draft.[2][3] Quayle failed to make the team, being released during final cuts on August 26, 1998.[4][5]
Quayle was picked up by the Jacksonville Jaguars, who allocated him to the Barcelona Dragons in NFL Europe.[6][7][8] He played 10 games in NFL Europe before injuring his neck and retiring.[9]
Personal life
Quayle was accepted to dental school at Virginia Commonwealth University in 1998, but declined to attend to pursue an NFL career.[8] After a neck injury ended his football career, he graduated with a doctorate in dental surgery in 2004 from VCU.[8] He then returned to Utah, where he completed his residency at a children's hospital in Salt Lake City.[8] He is now the owner and head dentist of Mountain View Pediatric Dentistry in Pleasant View and Farmington. [10] Quayle is married and has two sons and two daughters. As of February 2018, he has taken a one year leave in his career to provide free dental care to individuals in Guatemala. [10][11]
References
- ^ "All-Half Century football team". Deseret News. October 10, 1999. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
- ^ "1998 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
- ^ "Giving 'Mr. Irrelevant' the ball lets NFL play on lighter side". Retrieved April 29, 2018.
- ^ Denlinger, Ken (August 26, 1998). "RAVENS' ROSTER SHOWS MATURITY". Retrieved April 29, 2018 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ "N.F.L.; TRANSACTIONS". New York Times. August 26, 1998. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
- ^ "1999 NFLE news archive". homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
- ^ "Ofahengaue's journey anything but irrelevant". Deseret News. April 29, 2003. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Twenty years later, Ravens' only Mr. Irrelevant is Dr. Relevant". April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
- ^ "Cam Quayle College & Pro Football Statistics - Totalfootballstats.com". www.totalfootballstats.com. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
- ^ a b "Dr. Cameron Quayle - Mountain View Pediatric Dentistry - Utah". Retrieved April 29, 2018.
- ^ Quayle, Cameron. "Mason Gives". Retrieved November 24, 2018.