On Wednesday afternoon, the Eagles shipped a fourth-round pick to the Bears for 32-year-old pass rusher Robert Quinn. RoobNBCS of NBCSPhilly shares five things you should know about him:
After recording 11 sacks as a sophomore at North Carolina in 2009, Quinn and several teammates were ruled ineligible for the 2010 season just before the opener after the NCAA ruled that he received $5,642 worth of improper benefits – jewelry and travel expenses - from an agent and lied to investigators. Quinn later said he didn’t realize the person who gave him the gifts was an agent and said school officials had only advised players not to accept gifts from agents.
5 sacks last year make him the third-oldest player in history with 18 or more sacks. Strahan had 18.5 in 2003 at 32, and Robert Mathis had 19.5 with the Colts in 2013.Quinn will be the fourth player with at least 100 career sacks to wear an Eagles uniform. Reggie White recorded the first 124 of his 198 career sacks with the Eagles, adding 68.5 with the Packers and 5.5 with the Panthers. Hall of Famer Richard Dent had 133.0 when he signed with the Eagles in 1997. He added his last 4.