This is a list of players who have appeared in at least one regular season or postseason game in the National Football League (NFL) or American Football League (AFL) and have a last name that starts with "Q". [lower-alpha 1] This list is accurate through the end of the 2023 NFL season.
The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland. The Browns compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The team is named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown. They play their home games at Huntington Bank Field, which opened in 1999, with administrative offices and training facilities in Berea, Ohio. The franchise's official club colors are brown, orange, and white. They are unique among the 32 member clubs of the NFL in that they do not have a logo on their helmets.
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 49ers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The team plays its home games at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, located 38 miles (61 km) southeast of San Francisco. The team is named after the prospectors who arrived in Northern California in the 1849 Gold Rush.
Leonard Guy Ford Jr. was an American professional football player who was an offensive and defensive end from 1948 to 1958. He played college football for the University of Michigan and professional football for the Los Angeles Dons, Cleveland Browns and Green Bay Packers. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1976 and the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1996.
The Los Angeles Dons were an American football team in the newly formed football league the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) from 1946 to 1949, and played their home games in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Dons were the first professional football team to play a regular season game in Los Angeles, California, two weeks before the first game of the rival Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League, who had moved from Cleveland.
Andrew Christopher Quarless is a former American football tight end. He played college football at Penn State. Quarless was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 2010 NFL draft and later won Super Bowl XLV with them over the Pittsburgh Steelers. He has also been a member of the Detroit Lions.
Jerold Oscar Quaerna was an American professional football player. A native of Janesville, Wisconsin, he played college football at the offensive tackle position for the Michigan Wolverines football team at the University of Michigan from 1982 to 1986. By his senior year, he was six feet, seven inches tall and weighed 295 pounds. He started a total of four games at Michigan, two for the 1985 team and two for the 1986 team. After graduating from Michigan, Quaerna started three games in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions during the 1987 NFL strike.
David John Arkin is a former American football offensive guard who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Missouri State University. He was a member of the Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins, Seattle Seahawks, Indianapolis Colts and Los Angeles Rams.
David Lee Quessenberry Jr. is an American professional football offensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Houston Texans in the sixth round of the 2013 NFL draft, and has also played for the Tennessee Titans and Buffalo Bills. He played college football at San Jose State.
Kelcy Quarles is a former American football defensive tackle. He played college football at South Carolina, and was signed by the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2014. Quarles has also been a member of the New England Patriots, Indianapolis Colts, Cleveland Browns, Calgary Stampeders, Edmonton Eskimos, and Saskatchewan Roughriders.
The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers have competed in the National Football League (NFL) since 1921, two years after their original founding by Curly Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) and play their home games at Lambeau Field in central Wisconsin. In 1936, the Packers took part in the first NFL draft of college football players and have participated in every NFL draft since. With the seventh pick of the first round of the 1936 draft, Russ Letlow, a guard out of the University of San Francisco, became the Packers' first draft selection.
Scott Walker Quessenberry is an American professional football guard for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UCLA Bruins.
Jerry Dewayne Tillery Jr. is an American professional football defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Notre Dame.
Shaquille "Shaq" Quarterman is an American professional football linebacker who is a free agent. He played college football at Miami (FL).
Teagan Quitoriano is an American professional football tight end for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oregon State.