Mack Crowder

Mack Crowder
Tennessee Volunteers No. 57
Position Center
Class Junior
Major Business
Career history
College
High school Bristol (TN) Tennessee
Personal information
Date of birth December 23, 1992
Place of birth Bristol, Tennessee
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight 293 lb (133 kg)
Stats at ESPN.com

Mack Crowder (born December 23, 1992) is an American football Center. He currently attends the University of Tennessee and plays football for the Volunteers.

A native of Tennessee, Mack attended Tennessee High School in Bristol, Tennessee. Regarded as a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Mack 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, Mack 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] Mack 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. Mack has two older brothers: Michael, who played college football at Princeton University,[11] and Matthew, who played college football at Cornell University.[12]

References

  1. ↑ https://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/rankings/rank-rivalsoc/2011
  2. ↑ http://espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/playerrankings/_/position/center/class/2011/view/position
  3. ↑ http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/042013aat.html
  4. ↑ http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?id=332922633
  5. ↑ http://timesfreepress.com/news/2014/apr/10/time-is-now-for-vols-linemen/
  6. ↑ http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2014/03/18/vols-spring-challenge-rebuild-offensive-line/6582313/
  7. ↑ http://www.wcyb.com/sports/mack-crowder-to-represent-vols-at-sec-media-days/26874252
  8. ↑ http://allfortennessee.com/2014/07/09/vols-sec-media-days-represenitives-announced/
  9. ↑ http://www.wnct.com/story/26026651/steve-spurrier-mack-crowder-take-the-mics-at-sec-media-days
  10. ↑ http://news.yahoo.com/photos/tennessee-offensive-lineman-mack-crowder-speaks-media-southeastern-photo-204703506.html
  11. ↑ http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=1178594
  12. ↑ http://cornellbigred.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=21110

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