Mack Crowder

Mack Crowder
Tennessee Volunteers – No. 57
Position Center
Class Senior
Major Business
Career history
College
High school Bristol (TN) Tennessee
Personal information
Born: (1992-12-23) December 23, 1992
Bristol, Tennessee
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight 293 lb (133 kg)

Mack Crowder (born December 23, 1992) is an American football Center.

A native of Tennessee, Crowder attended Tennessee High School in Bristol, Tennessee. Regarded as a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, he was listed as the No. 14 center in his recruit class by Rivals[1] and the No. 7 center in his class by ESPN.[2]

College career

Crowder redshirted his first year at Tennessee (2011), and then played backup to James Stone most of his redshirt freshman and sophomore seasons (2012-2013). He made his playing debut against Georgia State in the 2012 season, and also played against Kentucky that same season. During the spring practice of 2013, Crowder received the team's Harvey Robinson Award for the Most Surprising Offensive Player.[3] In the 2013 season, Crowder drew his first career start at center against No. 11 South Carolina, where Tennessee's win snapped a 19-game losing streak against ranked opponents.[4] Crowder also played in seven other games during the 2013 season. Crowder is slated to start the 2014 season[5] and has been called by head coach Butch Jones a leader of the offensive line.[6] Additionally, Crowder was selected as one of Tennessee's student-athlete representatives along with senior linebacker A.J. Johnson and junior defensive lineman Curt Maggitt for the 2014 SEC Media Day.[7][8][9][10]

Personal life

Mackenzie James Crowder was born in Bristol, Tennessee on December 23, 1992 to Mike and Caroline Crowder. He has two older brothers: Michael, who played college football at Princeton University,[11] and Matthew, who played college football at Cornell University.[12]

On February 16th, 2016, Crowder was arrested by Pinellas County, Florida, Sheriffs Deputies on four counts of sending material harmful to a minor and one count of using a computer for a prohibited purpose after engaging in a sexual online conversation with what the police said he believed was a minor.[13][14] The four charges of sending material to a minor were subsequently dismissed by the state's attorney for Pinellas County. [14] Crowder plead guilty to "unlawful use of a communication device" and was ordered to spend two months in jail. [14] Said one of the prosecutors in Crowder's case: "Crowder initially went online looking for an adult companion, so this looked like a possible lapse in judgment." [14]

References

  1. ↑ "Yahoo Sports: Rivals.com Ranking - Rivals.com offensive centers 2011". yahoo.com.
  2. ↑ "ESPN". ESPN.com.
  3. ↑ "DISH Orange-White Postgame Notes". utsports.com.
  4. ↑ "South Carolina Gamecocks vs Tennessee Volunteers - Recap". ESPN.com.
  5. ↑ "Time is now for Tennessee Vols linemen". timesfreepress.com.
  6. ↑ https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2014/03/18/vols-spring-challenge-rebuild-offensive-line/6582313/
  7. ↑ WCYB. "Mack Crowder to represent Vols at SEC Media Days". WCYB.
  8. ↑ "vols sec media days reps announced". All for Tennessee.
  9. ↑ "Steve Spurrier, Mack Crowder take the mics at SEC Media Days". wnct.com. 15 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "Tennessee offensive lineman Mack Crowder speaks to media at the Southeastern Conference NCAA college football media days on Tuesday, July 15, 2014, in Hoover, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)". Yahoo News. 15 July 2014.
  11. ↑ "Michael Crowder". GoPrincetonTigers.com.
  12. ↑ "Cornell University". cornellbigred.com.
  13. ↑ "Former Tennessee OL Mack Crowder arrested in child sex sting". Sports Illustrated. 2016-02-17.
  14. 1 2 3 4 "Ex-Vols player sentenced after sting". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved 2018-09-30.


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