Quinton Jefferson
Quinton Jefferson, a DL, appears on NFL rosters across 2016–2025. Everything below is drawn from open roster data; the figures are facts, not our opinion of the player.
The basics
| Position | DL |
|---|---|
| College | Maryland |
| Born | 1993-03-31 |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in |
| Weight | 291 lb |
| Drafted | pick 147 by SEA in 2016 |
Seasons on an NFL roster
10 seasons of roster appearances, 2016–2025. A row here means the player was on that team's roster that year.
| 2016 | Seattle Seahawks |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Seattle Seahawks |
| 2018 | Seattle Seahawks |
| 2019 | Seattle Seahawks |
| 2020 | Buffalo Bills |
| 2021 | Las Vegas Raiders |
| 2022 | Seattle Seahawks |
| 2023 | New York Jets |
| 2024 | Buffalo Bills |
| 2025 | Detroit Lions |
Defensive statistics
Regular-season totals, 1999–2026. Solo and assisted tackles, tackles for loss, sacks, quarterback hits, interceptions, passes defended, forced fumbles and opponent fumbles recovered. Sacks are shared between players, so a total can end in a half. Play-offs are not included.
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sacks | QB Hits | PD | FF | FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3.5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 3 | 4.5 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 5.5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 104 | 87 | 105 | 26 | 28.5 | 81 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
What is not recorded
Everything this page could not tell you, and why. An empty field in the source is not a fact about the player.
- Seasons without statistics. 2025 is inside the 1999–2026 window but carry no numbers.
Where this came from
Roster appearances, position, college, draft and physicals from nflverse open roster data. Seasons before about 1999 are roster-only, so there are no game statistics for them. Teams are linked where the franchise is certain; earlier seasons show the code used at the time.
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