Quintez Cephus has constantly been battling against long odds since he entered the league. When drafted by the Detroit Lions (+4)
in the fifth round of the 2020 NFL Draft, he was already behind Kenny Golladay, Marvin Jones Jr., and Danny Amendola on the depth chart. And when Golladay was injured for most of the season, rather than give Cephus a lot of playing time (he only started two games), they promoted Marvin Hall (five starts) and added Mohamed Sanu (four starts).
So after a rookie season in which his coaches seemed to refuse giving him significant playing time, he entered 2021 with an entirely new coaching staff who had not drafted him.