Mack Crowder
| Tennessee Volunteers – No. 57 | |
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| Position | Center |
| Class |  Senior |
| Major | Business |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | December 23, 1992 Bristol, Tennessee |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 293 lb (133 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Bristol (TN) Tennessee |
Mack Crowder (born December 23, 1992) is a former 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 16, 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 pleaded guilty to "unlawful use of a communication device" and was ordered to spend two months in jail. [14] One of the prosecutors in Crowder's case stated that "Crowder initially went online looking for an adult companion, so this looked like a possible lapse in judgment."[14]
References
- ^ "Yahoo Sports: Rivals.com Ranking - Rivals.com offensive centers 2011". yahoo.com.
- ^ "ESPN". ESPN.com.
- ^ "DISH Orange-White Postgame Notes". utsports.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
- ^ "South Carolina Gamecocks vs Tennessee Volunteers - Recap". ESPN.com.
- ^ "Time is now for Tennessee Vols linemen". timesfreepress.com.
- ^ "Vols' spring challenge: Rebuild offensive line". USA Today.
- ^ WCYB. "Mack Crowder to represent Vols at SEC Media Days". WCYB.
- ^ "vols sec media days reps announced". All for Tennessee. July 9, 2014.
- ^ "Steve Spurrier, Mack Crowder take the mics at SEC Media Days". wnct.com. July 15, 2014.
- ^ "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. July 15, 2014.
- ^ "Michael Crowder". GoPrincetonTigers.com.
- ^ "Cornell University". cornellbigred.com.
- ^ "Former Tennessee OL Mack Crowder arrested in child sex sting". Sports Illustrated. February 17, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Ex-Vols player sentenced after sting". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved September 30, 2018.