Quinton Dunbar has owned a rollercoaster from an offseason since being traded from Washington to the Seahawks in March, but is “very appreciative” that his team stood under the road with him.
Back in May, star cornerback and New York Giants cornerback DeAndre Baker was accused of stealing money and watches while armed with semi-automatic firearms in Miramar, Florida. He faced four counts of armed robbery with a firearm, but the Broward State Attorney announced on August 7 that criminal prosecutors would not file charges against him because of insufficient evidence
Baker is still being prosecuted for four counts of armed robbery with a firearm.
“I can’t really comment on that situation with the case still going on, so I can’t really talk about what happened,” Dunbar said of the ongoing case. “But the truth will eventually come out.”
In his entire case, Dunbar noted how appreciative he was that Seattle stood next to him.
“They were definitely all the way with me,” Dunbar said Friday. “But at the same time, I knew what I was doing, and I knew what I was not doing, and I was not even worried about football at the time. I was just worried about deleting it by name.”
While his charges were eventually dropped and his team continuously supported him, Dunbar knew the NFL could still take action. In 2017, the Seahawks league defensive tackle Jarran Reed was suspended for six games on charges of domestic violence, even though he was not arrested or charged by prosecutors who also did not adduce sufficient evidence.
However, the league removed Dunbar from the list of exempt commissioners the day after his charges were dropped, allowing him to report on campus on August 9 and practice for the first time a week later.
Seattle got the cornerback for a pick in the fifth round in a trade in March with the Washington Football Team. He spent five seasons in Washington and recorded 37 tackles, eight passing defenses and four interceptions in 2019.
Despite the challenges he has faced throughout the season, Dunbar has expressed his readiness to continue and play football again.
“I feel, before that situation speaks for itself,” he said. “Never been in jail. Never been in trouble, never got in [contact] with the police to act illegally. When I’m so far along with everything I grew up with, I just put it on the line for something stupid like that, where people will believe what they want. But as long as I know who I am and what I stand for, that’s all that matters to me. “
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