By Mallory Mattingly
A new Hulu documentary will explore how the “quarterback whisperer” Quincy Avery went from homelessness to the NFL.
When Avery graduated from Morehouse College in 2008, he drove to UCLA and took a position to become an unpaid coach with the Bruins football program. As he worked with the team, he began to rise through the ranks and make a name for himself, all while living out of the team’s locker room and spending the night in his car.
Now, Avery’s story will be told in a new Hulu documentary called THE QUINCY AVERY EFFECT.
“It’s about the willingness to keep putting yourself out there, keep hearing no, and keep being resilient,” Avery told PEOPLE about his journey. “It’s a story about perseverance and then it’s also about the way that you can have an impact on people if you really put them first in all that you’re doing.”
Despite the trials he endured through his journey, Avery knows that if it weren’t for the tough times, he wouldn’t have been able to help Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks like Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes.
“There’s really difficult moments for these guys that they experience all the time, and there’s not many people that they can share those things with, so it’s me being able to be there as a sounding board and being able to give them advice in these moments,” Avery explained. “And I think that they trust me, because they know that I’ve been through things too, like really difficult situations, and they know it’s without judgment, and it’s like I’m a brother. I’m gonna stick by their side at all times.”
Avery used his passion and skill in football to create Quarterback Takeover, a player development program that helps “the best quarterbacks in the world become better.”
He has trained hundreds of players including NFL stars like DeShaun Watson, Geno Smith, Josh Dobbs, Jalen Hurts and more.
He took his talents from UCLA to Atlanta, his hometown, to start QB Takeover.
“I saw my calling to train quarterbacks,” Avery told PEOPLE. “So, I moved back to Atlanta without any money and continued living out of my car for two more years. It was just the chase to get the first client. I knew that I was going to be able to do something special, I just couldn’t get that first person to be willing to see what I had to offer.”
Avery worked hard to build his business, however, he credits his mom for instilling him with that determination and grit.
When his family needed the work and the money to pay the bills, Avery’s mom talked her way into a sales position at Xerox.
“That story’s stuck with me for a long time,” he said. “She just didn’t leave. It’s like, I saw her do it. I saw her sacrifice so much. And it’s like, who would I be to not live in her footsteps?”
According to Broadway World, THE QUINCY AVERY EFFECT will debut on Hulu on April 23 so football fans can get an up-close and personal account of Avery’s life story and the quarterbacks he now trains.
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