Former first-round NFL Draft pick Robert Quinn has been arrested in South Carolina, where police say he was caught fleeing the scene of an accident.
The retired defensive end and once-feared pass rusher is seen in a ghastly mugshot from Charleston County, where the 34-year-old was booked and released earlier Friday. Quinn, a former star with the St. Louis Rams and Dallas Cowboys, is pictured with bloody wounds across his forehead, nose, mouth and temple in the disturbing image.
He has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident with property damage and reckless driving.
Police in North Charleston were called to a local car dealership in the early hours of Friday morning after reports of a collision involving a red truck.
The local fire department was the first to arrive and later told police the suspect appeared to be attempting to flee the scene of the crash in another car.
When police eventually did arrive, they found Quinn in the passenger seat of a white Dodge Challenger. The driver then told officers she’d been called by Quinn to ‘pick him up,’ according to the police report provided to DailyMail.com. That woman is said to work at G-Club, a local gentleman’s club where Quinn was seen earlier that night.
The retired defensive end and once-feared pass rusher is seen in a horrific mugshot
Quinn was seen with injuries to his head and hands when officers found him in another car
Quinn exhibited slurred speech and was uncooperative with officers, according to police, who claimed he asked ‘where is my wallet’ as he held it in his hand.
He even tried to avoid arrest by holding the vehicle door closed, but was eventually removed and ‘escorted to the ground,’ according to police.
Officers say a maroon Ford F-150 registered to Quinn was on the premises and appeared to have hit the passenger side of a Honda Element, which then flew into several other cars.
Surveillance cameras show Quinn’s truck driving down the road at around 2am Friday before veering across an intersection and over a median before entering the dealership.
The collision is not seen on camera, but it was heard by others, according to police.
At 2:03am, police say, a single person is seen walking through the parking lot and to a nearby gas station before heading back and stumbling several times.
Shortly after, the Dodge Challenger arrives, according to police.
A first-round draft pick out of North Carolina in 2008, Quinn played for the Rams, Dolphins, Cowboys, Bears and Eagles over a solid career that saw him earn three Pro Bowl nods
This is not the first vehicular charge Quinn has faced.
In August of 2023, he was charged in South Carolina for crashing into several cars before slapping a woman.
‘He was very belligerent,’ one local told WCSC at the time. ‘He kept saying: ‘Oh don’t worry about it I’ll buy you new cars, I’ll buy you new car, let’s go to the dealership.’
‘I told him to get off my property and he proceeded to put his hands on me and slap me not once but twice.’
He was also arrested in Missouri in 2012 on a DWI charge.
A first-round draft pick out of North Carolina in 2008, Quinn played for the Rams, Dolphins, Cowboys, Bears and Eagles over a solid career that saw him earn three Pro Bowl nods.
He has been out of the NFL since 2022.
