Alabama A&M Athletics

Career Honors and Achievements
Fall 2021 BOXTOROW Honorable Mention All-American
Fall 2021 All-SWAC First-Team
Fall 2021 Phil Steele All-SWAC First-Team
Fall 2021 SWAC Player of the Week (9/20)
Fall 2021 Preseason All-SWAC Second-Team
Member of Spring 2021 HBCU National Champion
Member of Spring 2021 SWAC Champions
Member of Spring 2021 East Division Champions
Spring 2021 BOXTOROW Honorable Mention All-American
Spring 2021 All-SWAC Second-Team
Spring 2021 Preseason All-SWAC Second-Team
 
Fall 2021 (Senior): Took full advantage of first full season as starting tailback, earning Preseason All-SWAC Second-Team, All-SWAC First-Team, Phil Steele All-SWAC First-Team and BOXTOROW Honorable Mention All-American … also earned first SWAC Offensive Player of the Week (9/20) … started all 10 games, lugging the rock 205 times for 955 yards, 10 touchdowns and 95.5 yards per game to go with 21 receptions for 224 yards, 22.4 receiving yards per game and 10.7 yards per catch … led the SWAC in yards per game, rushing touchdowns and was third in total rushing yards while recording five games of at least 100 yards on the ground and seven with at least one TD … South Carolina State (9/4): Rushed 22 times for 129 yards and a touchdown in first game at Louis Crews Stadium in 651 days … effort keyed a 42-41 last minute victory … Bethune-Cookman (9/16): Played an essential role in 30-27 last minute win played on the road in a torrential downpour and aired on ESPNU … logged 27 carries for 101 yards and a touchdown and had three catches for 46 yards in program’s first game against B-CU … Tuskegee (9/25): Shattered career-high with 164 yards rushing on 24 carries for 6.8 yard per carry average along with a touchdown … added two catches for 39 yards in 45-35 victory in Gulf Coast Challenge in Mobile, Alabama … Grambling (10/2): Carried the ball 14 times for 59 yards … Florida A&M (10/16): Rushed 23 times for 96 yards and a touchdown in first ever meeting with Rattlers … Alabama State (10/30): Critical factor in fourth straight Magic City Classic victory, 42-28, with 20 carries, 126 yards and a pair of touchdowns … added four catches for 29 yards … Mississippi Valley State (11/6): Finished with 56 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries in 42-14 victory … Texas Southern (11/13): Erupted for 162 yards and a pair of touchdowns on 35 carries and four catches for 80 yards in 52-49 shootout road victory … included a long rush of 27 yards and catch of 23 yards.
 
Spring 2021 (Junior): Key member of team that won first ever HBCU National Championship, earned first undefeated season since 1966 (5-0) and first SWAC Championship since 2006 while contending with pandemic impacted season … in a season that saw just four games on the field, delivered a career year, beginning with Preseason All-SWAC Second-Team honors to go with All-SWAC Second-Team recognition and a BOXTOROW Honorable Mention All-American nod … delivered or tied a career-high in every appreciable category, including 76 rushes for 318 yards, four touchdowns, 79.5 rushing yards per game, eight catches for 92 yards, a receiving TD, 23.0 receiving yards per game and 11.5 yards per catch … South Carolina State (3/6): Rushed 21 times for 92 yards and hauled in 38 yard reception in 31-7 road victory … game was scheduled in a matter of days following COVID-19 postponement of opener at Mississippi Valley State … Jackson State (4/10): Did major damage three ways in 52-43 shootout victory against the Tigers, laying blocks and catching three balls, including a 43-yard touchdown, to help Aqeel Glass break the NCAA Division I Era program single game passing yardage mark (440) … pounded away 16 times for 86 yards in primary role … Alabama State (4/17): Rushed 16 times for 71 yards and a pair of touchdowns in crushing 38-14 victory in Magic City Classic … Arkansas-Pine Bluff (5/1): Showed up in one of the biggest games in decades, the SWAC Championship Game and de facto HBCU National Championship Game, carrying the ball 23 times for 69 yards and two TDs in 40-33 victory.
 
2019 (Sophomore): An integral piece of the offense and special teams, delivered team-high 573 yards on 26 kick returns for an average of 22.0 per return and 47.8 per game, with a long of 54 … ran the ball 67 times for 281 yards and a touchdown, averaging 4.2 yards per carry and caught eight passes for 80 yards …
 
Morehouse (9/1): Delivered career-high 135 all-purpose yards and ran back three kicks for 112 yards, including career-high 54 on opening kick … added four rushes for 23 yards with a long of 18 … Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9/7): Logged seven carries for 32 yards, including one for a touchdown, and caught one pass out of the backfield for 12 yards … North Alabama (9/14): Produced career-highs in rushes with 14 and rushing yards with 81 for an average of 5.8 yards per carry … also ran back one kick for 47 yards and 128 all-purpose yards in 31-24 victory … Samford (9/21): Notched 117 all-purpose yards, hitting triple digits for the second straight game, with six kick returns for 99 yards, 10 carries for 11 yards and one reception for seven yards … Central State (9/28): Gashed the defense for 8.7 yards per carry with six totes for 52 yards … added 29 yards on a pair of kickoff returns in 63-20 win over Division II Marauders in Gulf Coast Challenge in Mobile, Alabama … Texas Southern (10/5): Returned three kicks for 70 yards, including a long of 40 and ran the ball four times for 19 … Grambling (10/12): Recorded 94 yards on four kick returns with a long of 30 … Alabama State (10/26): Returned two kicks for 40 yards and caught a pass for 20 yards in 43-41, triple overtime victory in Magic City Classic … Southern (11/2): Ran back three kicks for 52 yards, carried the ball four times for 16 yards and caught one pass for 11 yards … Mississippi Valley State (11/23): Hauled in a 26-yard reception and rushed six times for 28 yards in 30-13 victory.
 
2018 (Freshman): Saw action in 10 games as a freshman between the backfield and special teams … produced 328 yards on 11 kick returns for an average of 29.8 yards and carried the ball 50 times for 179 yards and a touchdown … added eight passes for 39 yards … Miles (9/1): Toted the rock seven times for 51 yards, including first career touchdown on one-yard plunge … … UNA (9/8): Snagged a pair of balls out of the backfield for 32 yards … Southern (9/22): Ran the ball five times for 34 yards with a long of 17 against the Jaguars. Jackson State (9/29): Carried the ball a career-high 13 times for 27 yards along with a 23-yard kick return … Texas Southern (10/6): Notched a kickoff for 28 yards … Alcorn State (10/13): Produced 128 all-purpose yards, including a season-high 113 yards on four kick returns, including a long of 36 … added three rushes for 16 yards … Alabama State (10/27): Delivered 55 yards on kick returns with career-high of 42 to go with 15 yards on three carries in 27-10 Magic City victory … Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11/3): Totaled five carries for 27 yards along with a 35-yard kick return … Grambling (11/10): Returned one kick for 25 yards … Mississippi Valley State (11/17): Ran lone kick return back for a season-long 49 yards.
 
Paul Bryant High School: Competed in football and track & field for PBHS.
 
Personal: Born on November 15, 1999, Gary is the son of Jennifer Steele and Gary Quarles, Sr. … family includes two siblings, Kollyn Quarles (7) and Jakayla Steele (11) … currently majoring in Mechanical Engineering.