Courtesy: Appalachian Sports Information
Release: 07/26/2010
Explosive, physically gifted junior is widely recognized as one of the nation’s top wide receivers, despite the fact that he likely has not reached his full potential after playing just one season of organized football prior to his arrival at ASU ... limitless athletic ability and 6-5, 220-pound frame make him a matchup nightmare for opposing defensive backs ... former high-school basketball standout boasts unrivaled leaping ability and terrific hands, which leads to a steady stream of acrobatic, highlight-reel-worthy catches ... continues to hone his football skills ... has greatly improved on his route-running skills, which are buoyed by terrific speed for his size ... with just two full seasons under his belt, is already the ninth-leading receiver in ASU history with 1,478 career yards ... reached the 1,000-yard career receiving plateau in the second-fewest games (16) in school history ... is slated to return as starter at the ‘Y’ receiver position ... his 6-5 length and leaping ability also makes him an asset on field-goal defense ... he has two pivotal field-goal blocks in his career.
2009: Was the starter at the ‘Y’ receiver position the entire season ... caught 61 passes (second on team) for a team-best 982 yards, one more than teammate Matt Cline and good for second in the SoCon and 13th nationally ... 982 receiving yards were the fifth-most in ASU single-season history and 61 receptions rank sixth on school’s all-time single-season list ... 16.1 yards-per-catch average was tops on the team among receivers with at least 15 receptions (two yards better than the next-highest average — 14.1 by TE Ben Jorden) ... had eight receptions that went for 30 yards or more ... caught at least one pass in all 14 games ... surpassed the 100-yard plateau three times ... got off to a relatively slow start with eight receptions for 131 yards over the first three games but exploded for four catches for 117 yards and a pivotal 74-yard touchdown in overtime win at The Citadel ... the career-long 74-yard score knotted the game at 27-27 with 4:28 to play in regulation ... in addition to the sterling afternoon catching the football, he blocked a 53-yard field-goal attempt by The Citadel’s Sam Keeler on the final play of regulation to send the contest to overtime (Keeler had booted 50- and 45-yard field goals earlier in the game) ... two weeks later, he continued his dominance of SoCon-rival Wofford by hauling in eight passes for a career-high 181 yards and two touchdowns to help lead ASU to a come-from-behind victory at Wofford ... the eight-catch, 181-yard performance upped his career totals in two games against Wofford to 12 receptions for 353 yards and five touchdowns ... followed up the career day versus Wofford with 74 yards (five receptions) against Georgia Southern and 70 at Furman (four rec.) ... just missed out on another 100-yard day when he caught six passes for 99 yards in SoCon title-clinching win at Elon ... caught six passes for 92 yards, including an acrobatic, tight-rope touchdown reception in the back of the end zone in opening-round playoff win over South Carolina State ... erupted for a career-high 10 receptions for 135 yards the cold and snow at Montana in the national semifinals ... went through the gamut of emotions on the Mountaineers’ final possession ... caught a 10-yard pass on fourth-and-10 with less than 20 seconds remaining to keep the Apps’ drive alive but three plays later, the would-be tying touchdown slipped through his fingers at the goal line as time expired ... the 10 catches and 135 receiving yards vs. Montana are both the second-highest totals in ASU postseason history ... became only the second ASU receiver with double-digit receptions in a game since DaVon Folkes’ school-record 17 catches versus Elon in 2004 (Matt Cline had 10 receptions vs. Georgia Southern earlier in the 2009 campaign).
2008: Rebounded from a slow start to become one of the nation’s top receivers over the final month-and-a-half of the season ... had just two receptions for 20 yards through six games ... jump-started his second-half resurgance by going high over a Georgia Southern defender in the corner of the end zone to haul in a 14-yard touchdown pass in ASU’s one-point triumph ... had another acrobatic, leaping catch (see photo on p. 75) among his two receptions for 61 yards in a 26-14 win over Furman ... enjoyed a breakthrough performance in front of a national audience when he caught four passes for 172 yards, including touchdowns from 58, 50 and 31 yards out in a 70-24 demolition of third-ranked Wofford on ESPN2 ... named SoCon freshman of the Week following outburst against Wofford ... tallied three receptions for 40 yards, including a 22-yard touchdown in the SoCon-title-clinching 24-16 triumph over Elon ... averaged 5.5 receptions for 94.5 yards in first two postseason games of his career ... scored twice in opening-round win over South Carolina State ... led team with 21.6 yards per reception (min. 10) ... set an ASU freshman-record with seven touchdown receptions ... set a school-record for single-game receiving average with 43 yards per catch in the wild win over Wofford ... finished season with 23 catches for 496 yards ... named to Southern Conference’s all-freshman team. 2007: Did not register a catch in two games before sitting out the rest of the season with a back injury ... was an integral part of season-opening victory at Michigan despite not recording any receiving statistics ... after dropping what would have been a third-quarter touchdown pass, elevated high above the U-M offensive front to block a field goal late in the fourth quarter, which set up ASU’s game-winning drive ... injured his back in the following week’s win over Lenoir-Rhyne and did not see game action the rest of the season ... received a medical redshirt. High School: Recognized as a basketball standout throughout his prep career and played just one season of high school football ... made most of first year of organized football since Little League with 885 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns as a senior ... participated in the prestigious Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas ... an all-state, all-region and all-area gridiron selection ... named team’s offensive MVP ... coached by Raymond Jennings.
Personal: Full name is Brian Rumeal Quick... born June 5, 1989 (21 years old)... son of Shirley Quick ... majoring in health promotion.
Courtesy: ASU Athletics
