Cam Quayle

Cam Quayle
No. 86
Position: Tight end
Personal information
Born: (1972-09-24) September 24, 1972
Ogden, Utah
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
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards

Cameron Quayle (born September 24, 1972) is a former American football tight end. He was drafted with the final pick in the 1998 NFL Draft, earning him the title of Mr. Irrelevant. The Baltimore Ravens draftee went to Weber State University where he was a tight end.

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 241 overall pick, earning the title Mr. Irrelevant an "award" given to the last player picked in the NFL Draft.[2] Quayle failed to make the team, being released during final cuts on August 26, 1998.[3][4]

Quayle was picked up by the Jacksonville Jaguars, who allocated him to the Barcelona Dragons in NFL Europe.[5][6][7] He played 10 games in NFL Europe before injuring his neck and retiring.[8]

Personal life

Quayle was accepted to dental school at Virginia Commonwealth University in 1998, but declined to attend to pursue an NFL career.[7] After a neck injury ended his football career, he graduated with a doctorate in dental surgery in 2004 from VCU.[7] He then returned to Utah, where he completed his residency at a children's hospital in Salt Lake City.[7] He now oversees sedation training for pediatric dental residents at the hospital.[9] Quayle is married and has two sons and two daughters.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "All-Half Century football team". 10 October 1999. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Giving 'Mr. Irrelevant' the ball lets NFL play on lighter side". Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Denlinger, Ken (26 August 1998). "RAVENS' ROSTER SHOWS MATURITY". Retrieved 29 April 2018 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  4. ↑ "N.F.L.; TRANSACTIONS". New York Times. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "1999 NFLE news archive". homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Ofahengaue's journey anything but irrelevant". 29 April 2003. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Twenty years later, Ravens' only Mr. Irrelevant is Dr. Relevant". Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Cam Quayle College & Pro Football Statistics - Totalfootballstats.com". www.totalfootballstats.com. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  9. 1 2 "Dr. Cameron Quayle - Mountain View Pediatric Dentistry - Utah". Retrieved 29 April 2018.


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