Quan Cosby Quantwan " Quan " Cosby ( born December 23 , 1982 ) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent in the National Football League ( NFL ) . He was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 2009 . He played college football for the Texas Longhorns . He also played four years of professional baseball for the Anaheim Angels . Cosby has also been a member of the Denver Broncos , Indianapolis Colts , and the Jacksonville Jaguars Early years . Cosby was a stellar athlete for Mart High School , excelling in football , baseball , and track . In football he was a two time 2A All State selection at quarterback , where he was also selected to the second team all " USA Today " Team and named Offensive Player of the Year . He was also selected All State once at defensive back and kick returner . In baseball , he was mainly known for his speed , stealing 81 of 82 bases during his junior and senior years . He was effective with the bat as well , posting a . 479 batting average his senior year with three home run s and 33 RBI . He won a total of three state titles in high school : one his junior year in football and two his senior year in track in the 100m and 200m dashes , with times of 10 . 46 and 21 . 31 respectively . Baseball career . Cosby was drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the sixth round of the 2001 Major League Baseball Draft and left his commitment to the University of Texas to do so . He wound up playing for four years in the outfield for the Angels organization . He started his career in the Arizona League where he played 41 games , hitting . 243 with eight RBI and eight stolen bases for the Angels . His second year he played for the Provo Angels of the Pioneer League where he recorded a . 302 average with nine doubles , 29 RBI , and 22 stolen bases in a total of 76 games . He continued his career playing for the Class A Cedar Rapids Kernels . His first year with them he hit . 249 with four doubles , 21 RBI , and 17 stolen bases in 104 games . The next year he attained a . 249 batting average , again , with eight doubles , 12 triple s , five home runs , and 24 stolen bases in 119 games . At that point he had a career average of . 260 in 340 total games . Though his batting average had not improved greatly , his power numbers had . After playing four years in the Angels minor league system , Cosby decided to attend the University of Texas where he would go on to play football . College career . Cosby attended The University of Texas at Austin and received a bachelor ' s degree in Social Work ( BSW ) in 2009 . 2005 . During his freshman campaign , Cosby caught 15 passes for 270 yards with two touchdown s . He played in all 13 games and started three . He played on special teams as well , returning six punts for 92 yards . He also had two catches for 16 yards in the 2006 Rose Bowl in which the Longhorns won the BCS National Championship . 2006 . His sophomore season was a successful one in which he caught 33 passes for 525 yards and two touchdowns . He again saw action in all 13 games , starting eight . While he was still in the midst of becoming a great receiver , he was making an impact on special teams , returning 13 kickoffs for 334 yards and 2 punts for 64 yards . In the 2006 Alamo Bowl he caught seven passes for 59 yards in the Longhorns ' victory over the University of Iowa . 2007 . During his junior year he again played in all 13 games , starting 11 of them . He caught 60 passes for 680 yards and 5 touchdowns , earning him AP Big 12 Honorable Mention . He excelled on special teams , posting 1 , 017 yards from 42 kickoffs and also returning 19 punts for 178 yards . His return stats earned him second team AP All Big 12 . During the 2007 Holiday Bowl , he had just one catch for 55 yards . He did , however , return one punt for 21 yards and four kickoffs for 73 yards in the Texas victory over Arizona State University . 2008 . As a senior Cosby established himself as one of the elite wide receivers in the nation and became a favorite target for quarterback Colt McCoy . He had a career high in receiving yards with 154 against UTEP in the second game of the season . In Texas ' s upset over then number one ranked University of Oklahoma , Cosby caught nine passes for 122 yards , but was kept out of the endzone . During his college career , Cosby had a total of 212 receptions , 2 , 598 receiving yards , and a total of 19 receiving touchdowns . In the 2009 Fiesta Bowl , Cosby capped off an outstanding senior season as he scored the winning touchdown on a pass from Colt McCoy with 18 seconds left in the game . Professional career . Cincinnati Bengals . Cosby went undrafted but was quickly signed as a rookie free agent by the Cincinnati Bengals . For two seasons he played lower on the wide receiver depth chart , but was a featured punt returner and special teams player . He was released by the Bengals in September 2011 . Denver Broncos . Cosby was signed by the Denver Broncos as a punt returner on September 20 , 2011 . However , on December 27 , 2011 Cosby was waived by the Denver Broncos . Indianapolis Colts . Cosby was claimed off waivers by the Indianapolis Colts on December 28 , 2011 . He wore the number 12 during the 2011 season . When the Colts drafted Andrew Luck with the first pick of the draft , he changed his number to 14 so that Luck could wear 12 , the number he wore at Stanford . He was released on August 29 , 2012 . Jacksonville Jaguars . Cosby was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars on November 27 , 2012 . He was released on December 18 . Personal . Quan has stated that he is not related to comedian Bill Cosby . However , during the 2009 NFL Draft , Bill Cosby , spent time with him while waited to see if he would be drafted .