Jerry Crafts
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| Date of birth: | January 6, 1968 |
| Place of birth: | Tulsa, OK |
| Career information | |
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| Position(s): | Offensive tackle |
| College: | Louisville |
| NFL Draft: | 1991 / Round: 11 / Pick: 292 (By the Indianapolis Colts) |
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| As player: | |
| 1992–1994 1997–1998 2000 2001 2001–2002 2003 2004 |
Montreal Machine Orlando Thunder Buffalo Bills Philadelphia Eagles Amsterdam Admirals Montreal Alouettes |
| Playing stats at NFL.com | |
Jerry Wayne Crafts (born January 6, 1968 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Buffalo Bills and Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at the University of Oklahoma for Barry Switzer and the University of Louisville.
Crafts was drafted in 1991 by the Indianapolis Colts in the 11th round of the NFL Draft. Released by the Colts, Crafts played for the Orlando Thunder of the World League of American Football (later shortened to the World League Football) 1992. He was a backup to right tackle Rick Allen and left tackle Rick Cunningham, and started World Bowl II in the place of an injured Cunningham.
Crafts would go on to play as a tackle/guard for the Buffalo Bills from 1992 to 1994, but was released by the Green Bay Packers in 1995 after being signed during the offseason. Out of the league, Crafts played the 1996 and 1997 seasons in the World League for the Amsterdam Admirals. His play would lead to a signing with the Philadelphia Eagles, for whom he played 1997 to 1998. He was released in camp in 1999, and later by the Oakland Raiders in 2001.
According to former Eagles teammate Ian Beckles on his sports talk show on 620 WDAE in Tampa, Fl, during Crafts' time with the Eagles, Crafts and Eagles defensive end Tim Harris would occasionally go to a bar near the Eagles training facility and split a pitcher of Southern Comfort between two-a-day practices.
In the latter years of his career, Crafts made many stops across football leagues: 1999 New Jersey Red Dogs (Arena Football League), 1999 to 2000 with the Toronto Argonauts (Canadian Football League), 2000 to 2001 for the Buffalo/Columbus Destroyers (AFL), 2001 for the Montreal Alouettes (CFL) and Los Angeles Extreme of the Extreme Football League (XFL), 2002 Las Vegas Gladiators (AFL), 2002 to 2003 for the Hamilton Tiger Cats (CFL) and Detroit Fure in 2004 (AFL).
His most recent work in pro football was as head coach of the Erie Freeze in 2006.
Crafts's best known nickname is The Condo, but he used the nickname Big Daddy on his XFL jersey and was known as "Creamy" while playing for the Philadelphia Eagles (due to his wardrobe of offbeat suits), according to former teammate Beckles.
Crafts is currently an assistant offensive line coach and scheduler at Jacksonville University.
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- People from Tulsa, Oklahoma
- American football offensive tackles
- Oklahoma Sooners football players
- Louisville Cardinals football players
- Buffalo Bills players
- Orlando Thunder players
- Philadelphia Eagles players
- New Jersey Red Dogs players
- Buffalo Destroyers players
- Las Vegas Gladiators players
- Detroit Fury players
- Erie Freeze
- Los Angeles Xtreme players
