Desmond Trotter

Desmond Ryan Trotter (born August 6, 2000) is an American football quarterback. He played college football for the South Alabama Jaguars.

Early life and high school
Trotter grew up in Irondale, Alabama and attended Shades Valley High School. He was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play college football at South Alabama over offers from Jacksonville State, Samford, Gardner–Webb, and Tuskegee.

College career
Trotter redshirted his true freshman season at South Alabama. He appeared in 8 games during his redshirt freshman season in 2019 and started the final 4 games making his debut against UAB. During the season, he completed 56-of-97 attempts to complete 820 yards and leading the team with 8 touchdown passes and with 2 interception passes. During the 2020 season, Trotter started and played in 10 games where he completed 160-of-248 attempts to complete 1,917 passing yards and 11 touchdowns. Trotter was named as one of eight quarterbacks as the Manning Award Star of the Week after his performance in the Week 1 game against Southern Miss where he made career high 340 passing yards and total offense yards and led the Jaguars to a 32–21 win making it their first season-opening victory since 2016. During the 2021 season, Trotter played in 5 games and started in 2 finishing the season with 42-of-72 passing attempts for 380 passing yards. During the annual Battle for the Belt game against Troy, he replaced Jake Bentley as the lead quarterback after suffering a knee injury. During the game, he completed 20-for-32 attempts for 138 passing yards, two touchdowns and an interception. During the 2022 season, he played 5 games and finished the season having 15-for-20 completed attempts with 144 passing yards. On December 24, 2022, Trotter announced that he plans to enter the transfer portal but he later would remain at South Alabama for the 2023 season.

Personal life
Trotter is the grandson of former National Football League Pro Football Hall of Fame tight end, Ozzie Newsome.