Terry Crews was only a quarterback.
Terry Alan Crews ( born July 30 , 1968 ) is an American actor , artist , and former American football player . Crews played Julius Rock on the UPN/CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris and Nick Kingston-Persons in the TBS sitcom Are We There Yet ? He has appeared in films such as White Chicks , Idiocracy , and the Expendables series , and currently plays NYPD Sergeant Terry Jeffords in the Fox sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine . In football , Crews played as a defensive end and linebacker in the National Football League ( NFL ) for the Los Angeles Rams , San Diego Chargers and Washington Redskins , as well as in the World League of American Football with Rhein Fire .