University of North Carolina Athletics
2008 Football Roster

Richard Quinn
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 260
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Maple Heights, OH
- High School:
- Maple Heights
2008 Honorable-Mention All-America by Scout
Elected to forgo his final year of eligibility, graduate from UNC and enter the NFL Draft Excellent blocking tight end who improved as a receiver.
2008 - Senior Season
Started 12 games at tight end for the Tar Heels Has career-bests of eight catches for 97 yards on the season Had one catch for five yards against West Virginia in the Meineke Car Care Bowl Caught two passes for a career-best 42 yards and a 32-yard touchdown reception in the win at Duke The 32-yard scored marked the longest play of his career Honored as one of the Tar Heels' offensive players of the week following the win over the Blue Devils Also named one of the Tar Heels' offensive players of the week following the win over No. 20 Georgia Tech Caught one pass for seven yards against No. 23 Boston College Had a 4-yard grab at Virginia Posted a career-best 15-yard reception versus Notre Dame Made two catches for 24 yards, including a 14-yarder at Miami.
2007: Started eight games at tight end and had four catches for 27 yards and a TD Had an 8-yard grab vs. Maryland Made a 6-yard catch at Wake Forest Had a career-long 11-yard catch in the win over Miami and was named one of the team's co-offensive players of the week Scored a touchdown against Virginia on a 2-yard reception, the first of his career.
2005 - Freshman Season
Played in nine games on special teams and as a reserve tight end Had one tackle on special teams against Maryland Enrolled at North Carolina in January, 2005 and participated in spring drills.
Maple Heights High School
Ranked the No. 15 tight end in the country by Rivals.com Member of SuperPrep's All-Midwest Team Two-time all-conference and all-district selection Led Maple Heights to a 10-2 record and a berth in the playoffs as a senior Team offensive MVP Had 32 catches for 468 yards and 10 touchdowns as a senior Caught 12 passes for 254 yards and one touchdown as a junior Coached by Jeff Rotsky Played two seasons at Butler High School in Huntsville, Ala., before moving to Ohio during his sophomore year Also played basketball and was the top rebounder in the conference in 2004.
Personal
Son of Yolanda and Richard Quinn, Sr. Born Richard Emanuel Quinn, Jr. on September 6, 1986 Nickname is "Big Rich" Says the best word to describe him is "focused" Pretended to be Jerry Rice as a kid Selected No. 89 because it was the closest available number to his high school number (88) Would like to switch places for a day with Lebron James Would like to improve his speed this season Exercise and sports science major.
Year Rec. Yards Avg. TD LP 2007 4 27 6.8 1 11 2008 8 97 12.1 1 32 Totals 12 124 10.3 2 32