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Eric Crouch
Team Texas — No.
Quarterback
Date of birth: November 16, 1978 (1978-11-16) (age 29)
Place of birth: Omaha, Nebraska
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1. Inaugural regular season schedule Players of note Current roster All-time first-round draft picks In team Sports the squad number, shirt number, jersey number, sweater number, or uniform number is the Number Quarterback ( QB) is a position in American and Canadian football. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches. 83 m) Weight: 210 lb (95 kg)
National Football League debut
No regular season or postseason appearances
Career history
College: Nebraska
NFL Draft: 2002 / Round: 3 / Pick: 95
 Teams:
*Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Stats at CBS Sportsline.com

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In 2001, Crouch won the Heisman Trophy, awarded annually to the most outstanding collegiate football player in the United States. The 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season saw the hurricane winds blow again as the University of Miami, the team of the 80s returned During that year, he completed 105 of 189 passes for 1,510 yards and seven touchdowns, while also rushing for 1,115 yards and 18 touchdowns. Crouch was the USA Today Nebraska Player of the Year and a Parade All-American athlete at Millard North High School, where he was a two-time All-State selection at quarterback. USA TODAY is a national American daily Newspaper published by the Gannett Company. Millard North High School is a high school in the Millard Public Schools district Crouch appeared on the cover of the video game NCAA College Football 2K3

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College football career

Ankle surgery forced Crouch to redshirt for the 1997 national championship-winning season[1]. Redshirt is a term used in American College athletics that refers to delaying or suspending an athlete's participation in order to lengthen his or her period of eligibility In 1998, Bobby Newcombe began the season as the starting quarterback, but he was sidelined by a knee injury after the first game and Crouch took over the starting duties. Against UAB, Crouch rushed for two touchdowns and completed 11 of 17 passes in his first career start. 1998 proved to be a chaotic season for the Cornhuskers. Crouch made another start before being replaced by a healthy Bobby Newcombe. Newcombe started the next five games but was pulled in the middle of a game because of a PCL strain. Senior walkon Monte Christo took over for him and started the following week against Texas. With Texas leading 10-0 in the middle of the second quarter, Christo was pulled and replaced by Crouch. The Texas Longhorns football team is the interscholastic football team at The University of Texas in Austin Texas. Crouch remained the starter for the rest of the season, which ended with a 23-20 loss to Arizona in the Holiday Bowl. The Holiday Bowl is a post-season NCAA -sanctioned Division I-A College football Bowl game that has been played annually at Qualcomm Stadium

The next fall, Newcombe was named the starting quarterback and it was rumored that Crouch might leave the team. Crouch was given significant playing time in the first and second games. He started the third game against Southern Mississippi, and Newcombe moved to wingback. Crouch led Nebraska in a season that saw NU avenge its only loss of the season in a rematch against Texas in the Big 12 Championship Game. The Cornhuskers finished the season with a 12-1 record and ranked No. 3 after defeating Tennessee in the Fiesta Bowl. The Tennessee Volunteers football team is the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK NCAA division I football team The Fiesta Bowl, now sponsored by Tostitos tortilla chips is a United States College football Bowl game played annually since 1971

Crouch started every game in the 2000 season, which ended with a 66-17 trouncing of Northwestern in the Alamo Bowl. The Alamo Bowl is a major American College football Bowl game played annually since 1993 in the 65000-seat Alamodome in San Antonio Nebraska's only losses during the 10-2 season were to eventual national champion Oklahoma Sooners and the Kansas State Wildcats who bested Nebraska 29-28 on a day when Crouch rushed for a season-low 42 yards. The Kansas State Wildcats football program (variously "K-State" or "KSU" is the intercollegiate football program of the Kansas State University

In 2001, Crouch had his best year yet, breaking school or NCAA records almost weekly and appearing to be a serious contender for the Heisman Trophy. In the first game of the 2001 season, a 21-7 defeat of TCU, Crouch surpassed Tommie Frazier as Nebraska's all-time total offense leader. The TCU Horned Frogs football team is the interscholastic football team at Texas Christian University. Tommie James Frazier Jr (born on July 16, 1974, in Bradenton Florida) is a former NCAA football Quarterback for the He became the Big 12 all-time career rushing quarterback in the emotionally-charged game against Rice, the first college football game played after the September 11 terrorist attacks. The next week, against Missouri, Crouch was backed up near the goal line when he scrambled to escape from defenders and pulled off a 95-yard touchdown run, the longest in school history. The Missouri Tigers athletics programs include the extramural and intramural sports teams of the University of Missouri, located in Columbia. Against Iowa State the following week, Crouch broke the record for career touchdowns by a quarterback. The Iowa State Cyclones represent Iowa State University in College football. Crouch became only the fourth player in Division 1 history to both pass and rush for 3000 yards in a career with his performance against Texas Tech. The Texas Tech Red Raiders football program is a College football team that represents Texas Tech University (variously "Tech" or "TTU" Next, in a hard-fought game against defending national champion Oklahoma, Crouch again showed off his speed and playmaking abilities, this time serving as quarterback and receiver in a single play, the famous Black 41 Flash Reverse Pass in which Crouch made a 63-yard touchdown reception. In College football, the Black 41 Flash Reverse Pass is a play that the Nebraska Cornhuskers used against the Oklahoma Sooners and became one of the signature By mid-November, Crouch had set a school record for most career wins as a starter and became only the ninth quarterback in D-1A history to have won 35 games as a starter. The Cornhuskers were 11-0 going into the annual contest with Colorado the day after Thanksgiving. The Colorado Buffaloes football team represents the University of Colorado at Boulder in the Big 12 Conference at the NCAA Division I-A Crouch had a career day, setting the school record for offense yards in a single game with 360 yards. The Nebraska defense was dominated by the Buffaloes, however, and gave up a then-record 62 points to Colorado. For other uses and meanings see Blackshirts (disambiguation. The Blackshirts is the name for the first-string defense of the Nebraska The 62-36 loss appeared to have ended Nebraska's hopes of playing for the national championship and to have hurt Crouch's chances of winning the Heisman. Two weeks later, however, Crouch was announced as the recipient of the award, having edged out Florida's Rex Grossman and Miami's Ken Dorsey in one of the closest Heisman ballots in history. The Florida Gators football team represents the University of Florida in the Southeastern Conference 's Eastern division Rex Daniel Grossman III (born August 23, 1980 in Bloomington, Indiana) is an American football Quarterback for the The University of Miami Hurricanes football team is a collegiate football program that represents the University of Miami. Kenneth Simon Dorsey (born April 22, 1981 in Orinda California) is an NFL Quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In the meantime, several highly-ranked teams were upset and in the final BCS rankings, Nebraska beat out one-loss Oregon and two-loss Colorado to earn the No. The University of Oregon Ducks football team is a member of the Pacific Ten Conference. 2 spot in the BCS rankings. The final BCS rankings were steeped in controversy since Nebraska had the chance to play in the Rose Bowl for the national championship despite not winning a conference or division championship. In the Rose Bowl on January 3, 2002, Crouch rushed for 114 yards against the Miami Hurricanes but was denied a touchdown for the first time since September, 1999. The No. 1 Hurricanes defeated the Cornhuskers 37-14, leaving Crouch with a 35-7 record as a starting quarterback[2].


Awards

Records

Professional football career

NFL and NFL Europe career

Crouch was initially drafted by the St. Louis Rams of the NFL as a wide receiver, but still wanted to play quarterback. The University of Missouri (also known as the University of Missouri–Columbia, Mizzou, or MU) is a public land-grant and research The St Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football Quarterback ( QB) is a position in American and Canadian football. However, Crouch was seen by the NFL as being too short to play quarterback. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. His athleticism was seen as better suited for playing wideout, but a hard tackle by a defensive player caused him to have 150 cc of blood drained from his leg. Due to the injury, Crouch left the Rams before playing a game. The St Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St

Crouch then signed with the Green Bay Packers as a quarterback, but later requested to be released as the Packers chose to draft Cal quarterback Aaron Rodgers with the #24 pick in the 2005 draft. The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay Wisconsin. He then decided to quit the NFL.

Crouch later received unwanted publicity on TV broadcasts, most notably on ESPN's talk show Pardon the Interruption, where he was criticized by hosts Mike Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser for not wearing a jacket and tie to Matt Leinart's 2004 Heisman trophy award ceremony. ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to Pardon the Interruption (abbreviated PTI) is a Sports television show that airs weekdays on various ESPN TV channels Michael Raymond Wilbon (born November 19, 1958) is an American sportswriter and columnist Anthony Irwin Kornheiser (born July 13, 1948) is an American sportswriter and former columnist for The Washington Post, as well Matthew Stephen Leinart (born May 11, 1983) is an American football Quarterback (QB for the Arizona Cardinals of the National

Crouch signed with the Kansas City Chiefs in January 2005 and was allocated to the Hamburg Sea Devils of NFL Europe. The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City Missouri. The Hamburg Sea Devils were an American football team that began play in NFL Europa from 2005. NFL Europa was an American football league which operated in Europe from 1991 until 2007. Crouch converted to the safety position, recording 25 tackles and 2 passes defended. Safety ( S) is an American and Canadian football position played by a member of the defense.

CFL career

Crouch's opportunity to play quarterback at the professional level finally came when he signed with the Toronto Argonauts on February 15, 2006 as a quarterback. The Toronto Argonauts are a Canadian Football League team based in Toronto, Ontario. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor The 2006 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 53rd season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 49th Canadian Football (For several years, the Argonauts had owned his CFL rights. ) In his inaugural CFL season, Crouch eventually became the fourth string quarterback in Toronto, behind Damon Allen, Michael Bishop, and Spergon Wynn. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Damon Allen (born July 29, 1963 in San Diego California) is a former professional Quarterback in the Canadian Football League, most Spergon Wynn III (born August 10, 1978 in Houston Texas) is a former Gridiron football Quarterback in both Canadian Football On July 22, 2006, Crouch made his regular season CFL debut against the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Regina, Saskatchewan. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team based in Regina, Saskatchewan, founded in 1910. Regina (rɨˈdʒaɪnə is the capital of Saskatchewan, Canada. Coming in at the start of the second half following an injury to Wynn, Crouch sealed the win for Toronto with solid play, including a 94-yard pass completion to Arland Bruce III. Arland Richard Bruce III (born November 23, 1977 in Olathe Kansas) is a Canadian football Wide receiver for the Toronto Argonauts

In 2007, Crouch was expected to battle Michael Bishop, Damon Allen, Mike McMahon and Tom Arth for the Argos' starting quarterback position, but eventually faltered due to injury. The 2007 CFL season was the 54th season of modern Canadian professional football Damon Allen (born July 29, 1963 in San Diego California) is a former professional Quarterback in the Canadian Football League, most Michael Edward "Mike" McMahon (b February 8 1979, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) is an American football Quarterback who most Thomas Edward Arth (born May 11, 1981 in Westlake Ohio) is an American football Quarterback currently on the Injured reserve The Toronto Argonauts are a Canadian Football League team based in Toronto, Ontario. He began season on the nine-week disabled list. [3][4] After coming off the nine-week disabled list, Crouch was released by the Argos on September 6, 2007. Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

AAFL career

On September 25, Crouch signed with the upstart All-American Football League. The All American Football League is a proposed professional American football league He was drafted 3rd overall by Team Texas on January 26, 2008 in the first round of the league's inaugural draft. Inaugural regular season schedule Players of note Current roster All-time first-round draft picks The 2008 AAFL Draft took place in Atlanta GA on January 26, 2008.

References

  1. ^ Heisman hopeful Crouch living Huskers dream. espn. go. com. Retrieved on 2008-04-27. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated
  2. ^ Miami Takes Rose Bowl, National Championship. Huskers. com. Retrieved on 2008-04-27. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated
  3. ^ Argos' Crouch hoping his best football is ahead of him. Globe and Mail. com (2007-02-05). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Retrieved on 2007-05-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held
  4. ^ 'Not just about money' Ex-Heisman winner Crouch aiming for a CFL title. SI. com (original article from the AP) (2007-05-01). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Retrieved on 2007-05-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held

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Preceded by
Chris Weinke		 Heisman Trophy Winner
2001		 Succeeded by
Carson Palmer
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