Background
Quinten Rollins was raised by his mother and his grandmother along with two younger brothers.
Quinten Rollins was raised by his mother and his grandmother along with two younger brothers.
He attended Wilmington High School in Wilmington, Ohio, where he played both basketball and football for the Hurricanes.
He played college football at Miami (Ohio), where he also played college basketball. As a junior in 2008-2009. he was third-team All-Ohio, averaging 17.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals. In football, he was a three-year team captain.
As a senior, Rollins was a first-team all-conference selection and Division II third-team All-Ohio.
Rollins played college basketball at Miami University from 2010 to 2014. During his career at Miami he played in 116 games and finished second in RedHawks history with 214 career steals.
He also ranked fourth at Miami in career assists (391), seventh in games started (106) and ninth in minutes played (3,448). He was a three-time Miami defensive player of the year.
Rollins joined Miami"s football team in 2014.
Rollins was selected in the second round (62nd overall) of the 2015 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers. On May 11, 2015, it was announced that Rollins had signed a four-year contract with the Packers. The deal was estimated to be worth $3.74 million over four years with a $981,864 signing bonus.
On October 11, 2015, Rollins recorded his first NFL interception, off Saint Louis Rams quarterback Nick Foles, and returned it 45 yards for a touchdown to put the Packers ahead 14–0 late in the first quarter.
A four-year letter winner and two-year captain in basketball, and as a senior in 2009-2010 he was named Division II first-team All-Ohio, averaging 19.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.6 steals and 2.5 assists per game. In his lone season of football, he was the MAC Defensive Player of the Year after recording 72 tackles and seven interceptions. He recorded his second career interception with 28 seconds remaining in that game to secure the 24–10 Packers" win.
He is a member of the Wilmington High School Athletic Hall of Fame.