Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Quincy Carter, who's now playing for the Abilene Ruff Riders, was arrested Sunday night for a probation violation, according to KRBC-TV, per Tim MacMahon of the Dallas Morning News.
Carter was arrested for a DWI and possession of marijuana in February shortly before joining the Ruff Riders, an Intense Football League franchise. (We've been subsequently told that the Intense Football League merged with United Indoor Football to form the Indoor Football League)
Carter discussed his legal problems in March with KRBC.
"The only thing I can do is work on it day by day," Carter said. "If I was to tell you two weeks fresh out of getting myself in trouble, that everything is behind me now then I'd probably be lying to you.
"I'm a pretty straightup and honest guy. I'm going to do everything possible to take cae of this situation, and that's the only thing I can tell you."
Among Carter's previous encounters with the legal system: a possession of marijuana arrest in Irving, Tex., in 2006 and a possession of marijuana charge in 2007 in Shreveport, La.
Carter has spent time in the past in drug rehabilitation, according to published reports.
A former Cowboys starter who played for the New York Jets following his release in 2004, Carter has played in the CFL, for Bossier-Shreveport in AFC2 and for the Arena Football League's Kansas City Brigade.
In four NFL seasons, Carter passed for 6,337 yards, 32 touchdowns and 37 interceptions for a 71.7 quarterback rating. The former University of Georgia quarterback rushed for 518 yards and three touchdowns.
can we start calling him chong carter?
How can he be arrested for pot if it's legal? WTF?
Sad...
oh give it a break drug problems pleease, charles rogers has drug problems he is a stealing crackhead. quincy got a job he's playing football and just relaxing a little, calling this a drug problem and calling for counseling is like saying that we should send all Div 1 football players in to AA for binge drinking.
sorry Jesus, What Would Quincy Carter Do?
sad....if you can't stop smoking weed....you cant take drug tests at your job Quincy....PICK ONE.
every time this goofball's name comes up i hear the "quincy" theme...
The good news for Quincy is that his odds of regaining a NFL job are exactly the same as they were before the arrest...
I didn't know his stats were that good, his quarterback rating is only 4 points behind vick. Not that that's very good.
id burn one with quincy. prolly twists a mean ducth
ruff riders sounds like a gay porno
The Gift that keeps on giving to all the Cowboys fans
Pacman Jones thinks Quincy Carter has a hard time staying down.
It is only a matter of time before his van is pulled over with 384lbs of pot in the back. Isn't that what former cowboys do?
You can tell Florio didn't write this one though. No one smart ass comment. And there is definitely room for ad lib.
Isn't there a big Batman-like spotlight that can summon the fabled Taco Bill for news like this?
Sad to see. I was a bit too young when Quincy Carter was anywhere near a legitimate player in the NFL, but question Cowboys fans that were paying attention at that time - was he considered to be the next big Dallas QB? The post-Aikman solution? Just wondering.
DONT YOU PEOPLE KNOW MARIJUANA KILLS!!!!!
Uh-oh! He smokes marijuana? Watch out, he may go insane and shoot up a school! Havent you seen Reefer Madness? People who smoke marijuana should be locked up and away from all of the decent members of society who instead use pharmeceuticals obtained by a prescription, tobacco products or alcohol! Those only kill hundreds of thousands people per year, while marijuana kills... what? nobody dies from marijuana? that cant be right... it is? oh. disregard this comment.
reptar says:
May 11th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Sad to see. I was a bit too young when Quincy Carter was anywhere near a legitimate player in the NFL
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Reptar: First off, he never was a legitimate player in the NFL or anywhere near that. Second, what were you hanging with Phil, Lil, Angelica and Tommy Pickles sitting in your playpen watching Rugrats? Oh, don;t forget Chuckie....
Hey Vox, he was a Cowboy - time to start defending him. Talk about how he is and always was better than McNabb. Then remind us of your tarnished rings from last century.
"Smush Rodrigez says:
May 11th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Hey Vox, he was a Cowboy - time to start defending him. Talk about how he is and always was better than McNabb. Then remind us of your tarnished rings from last century. "
No need to remind anyone......you just did. And you really should give up this man-crush you have with Vox and everything Cowboys related. And where do you go off calling the Cowboys rings tarnished, you worthless fan of a miserable franchise?
Back to the topic at hand, Quincy Carter doesn't deserve to play football for anyone. His momma should take away his Xbox and not even let him play Madden.
reptar says:
May 11th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
....The post-Aikman solution? Just wondering.
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he was actually the post Tony Banks solution...think that was a Jerry decision...Ryan Leaf played for the Cowboys that year as well..
he played one year under Parcells who cut him for smoking weed
ronmexico says:
May 11th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
“Smush Rodrigez says:
May 11th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Hey Vox, he was a Cowboy - time to start defending him. Talk about how he is and always was better than McNabb. Then remind us of your tarnished rings from last century. ”
No need to remind anyone……you just did. And you really should give up this man-crush you have with Vox and everything Cowboys related. And where do you go off calling the Cowboys rings tarnished, you worthless fan of a miserable franchise?
Back to the topic at hand, Quincy Carter doesn’t deserve to play football for anyone. His momma should take away his Xbox and not even let him play Madden.
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Use your real screen name Vox.
ronmexico says: No need to remind anyone……you just did. And you really should give up this man-crush you have with Vox and everything Cowboys related. And where do you go off calling the Cowboys rings tarnished, you worthless fan of a miserable franchise?
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ha ha ha - funny. I was just joking because all of the Cowboys fans stalk any Eagles related post. I get off calling the rings tarnished because since Jeffry bought the Eagles, they are ,by far, the better of the two organizations. That and because I want to.
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