Quinton Flowers

Flowers was drafted in the fifth round of phase one of the 2020 XFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Vipers; although he was drafted as a running back, head coach Marc Trestman affirmed his intention to also play Flowers at quarterback. Flowers left the team for personal reasons on February 26, 2020. He returned to the team on March 3, 2020, and requested to be traded.

Flowers was waived during final roster cuts on August 31, 2019.

On September 1, 2019, Flowers was signed to the Indianapolis Colts practice squad, but was released six days later.

Flowers was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent on May 11, 2018 as a running back. He was waived on September 1, 2018 and was signed to the practice squad the next day. He was promoted to the active roster on December 28, 2018.

As a true freshman at South Florida, Flowers played in five games and made one start. He finished the season with 111 passing yards and two interceptions and also had 73 yards rushing. Flowers was named the starting quarterback in 2015. He started all 13 games, completing 163 of 276 passes for 2,296 yards with a school record 22 passing touchdowns and eight interceptions. He also rushed for 991 yards and 12 touchdowns. Flowers returned as the starter in 2016. Flowers was the American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year in 2016, rushing for 1,530 yards and 18 touchdowns, while throwing for 2,812 yards and 24 touchdowns with only 7 interceptions. Flowers was second nationally in ESPN's Total QBR statistic in 2016.

Flowers' father died in a drive-by shooting when Quinton was seven years old and his mother died of cancer in 2012. Just days prior to his first college career start in 2014, his stepbrother was shot and killed.

Quinton Lenard Flowers (born December 2, 1994) is an American football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Vipers of the XFL. He played college football at South Florida as a quarterback.