Jimmy Colquitt

{{Short description|American football player (born 1963)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Jimmy Colquitt

| number = 5

| position = Punter

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|1|17}}

| birth_place = Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 209

| high_school = Doyle {{nowrap|(Knoxville, Tennessee)}}

| college = Tennessee

| undraftedyear = 1985

| pastteams =

| highlights =

| statlabel1 = Punts

| statvalue1 = 12

| statlabel2 = Punt yards

| statvalue2 = 481

| statlabel3 = Punt average

| statvalue3 = 40.1

| pfr = ColqJi20

|image=

|caption=Jimmy Colquitt in 1985

}}

James Michael Colquitt (born January 17, 1963) is an American former professional football punter of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 1985, playing in two games for them.{{Cite web |title=Jimmy Colquitt 1985 Game Log |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/ColqJi20/gamelog/1985/ |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He played college football at Tennessee.{{Cite web |title=Jimmy Colquitt Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/ColqJi20.htm |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}

He is the nephew of former NFL punter Craig Colquitt and cousin to Craig's sons, former NFL punters Britton Colquitt and Dustin Colquitt.{{Cite web |date=October 28, 2007 |title=Former Vol Colquitt kicks in huge donation |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VpU1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=FigMAAAAIBAJ&pg=684,3139597 |access-date=April 25, 2010 |website=Elizabethton Star |via=Google News |agency=Associated Press}}{{Cite web |last=Longman |first=Jeré |date=2014-02-01 |title=A Family of Punters Demonstrates the Heredity of Hang Time |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/01/sports/football/for-the-colquitt-punters-4th-down-is-family-time.html |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US}}

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