Tim Crowder (American football)

Infobox NFLactive
name=Tim Crowder

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currentteam=Denver Broncos
currentnumber=96
currentposition=Defensive end
birthdate=birth date and age|1985|6|30
birthplace=Tyler, Texas
heightft=6
heightin=4
weight=275
debutyear=2007
debutteam=Denver Broncos
college=Texas
draftyear=2007
draftround=2
draftpick=56
pastteams=
* Denver Broncos (2007-present)
nfl=CRO702762

Timothy C. Crowder (born June 30, 1985 in Tyler, Texas) is an American football player for the National Football League. He is currently a defensive end for the Denver Broncos.

High school career

Crowder attended John Tyler High School and was coached by Kelvin Ratliff. He primarily played defensive end and posted 127 tackles, 22 tackles for loss (TFLs) and 14 sacks in his final two seasons.

College career

Crowder played college football for the University of Texas Longhorns. As a freshman, Crowder played in all 13 games and started 9 at left defensive end. For the season, he recorded 35 tackles, 3 TFLs, one sack, one interception, 14 pressures, five passes deflected and two forced fumbles. Following the season, he was named third-team Freshman All America by the "Sporting News" and shared UT's Outstanding Newcomer of the Year award. As a sophomore, he started all 12 games at left defensive end. For the season, he recorded 47 tackles, 10 TFLs, one forced fumble, 4.5 sacks, and 22 quarterback pressures. He was named honorable mention All-Big 12 by the Associated Press. As a junior in 2005, he started all 13 games at left defensive end. He led the team with 20 QB pressures, while recording 50 tackles, nine TFLs, three sacks, an interception and, a forced fumble. He was a first-team All-Big 12 selection by the league's coaches, a second-team All-Big 12 selection by "The Kansas City Star", an honorable mention All-Big 12 pick by the Associated Press, and a member of the Ted Hendricks Award watch list.

Campus Agility Tests

*40 yard dash: 4.76 seconds
*Bench press Maximum: 440 pounds
*Squat Maximum: 505 pounds
*Vertical jump: 31 inches

NFL career

Crowder was selected in the second round (56th overall) of the 2007 NFL Draft by the Denver Broncos. He was the second defensive end selected by the club in that draft, and the second player to come from a recent BCS Championship team. [ [http://broncotalk.net/2007/04/broncos-take-crowder-in-round-2/ Broncos Take Crowder in Round 2] BroncoTalk. Retrieved on 2007-07-12] He finished his rookie year starting 13 games, 16 tackles, 1 forced fumble and 4.0 sacks

Longhorn Draft Classmates

He was one of seven Longhorns selected by professional football teams in the 2007 NFL Draft. The others were Michael Griffin (number 19 overall), Aaron Ross (number 20 overall), Justin Blalock (number 39 overall), Brian Robison (number 102 overall), Tarell Brown (number 147 overall), Kasey Studdard (number 183 overall).cite news |url=http://insider.espn.go.com/nfldraft/draft/tracker/school?id=2432&action=login&appRedirect=http%3A%2F%2Finsider.espn.go.com%2Fnfldraft%2Fdraft%2Ftracker%2Fschool%3Fid%3D2432 | title=NCAA Schools: TEXAS | publisher=ESPN | date=April 29 2007 | accessdate=2007-05-01] Lyle Sendlein and Selvin Young were not drafted but signed with NFL teams as free agents. [cite news | url=http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=40&url_subchannel_id=&url_article_id=2797&change_well_id=2 | title=2007 NFL Draft | publisher=MackBrownTexasFootball | accessdate=2007-05-01]

External links

* [http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=15&change_well_id=17&member_id=16 Tim Crowder Texas Longhorn Bio]

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