EXCLUSIVE From homelessness to training Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes... how Quincy Avery became the NFL's quarterback guru
Football jerseys line the walls where Quincy Avery sleeps. Just as they did nearly two decades ago, when he drove his Mustang out west to California. Avery had graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta when, in 2008, he talked himself into a role as an assistant with the UCLA Bruins. It was a first step. But it was also unpaid.
So Avery set up camp in the locker room. 'You got a shower, an air mattress… your whole setup,' the 39-year-old says. He couldn't ask his mom to fund an apartment. He wouldn't have had much time there, anyway.
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