Eric Eugene Crouch was born on November 16,1978 and is an American former college football player who was a quarterback for the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
39 Facts About Eric Crouch
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Eric Crouch won the Heisman Trophy, Walter Camp Award, and Davey O'Brien Award in 2001.
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Eric Crouch had brief stints playing professionally in the Canadian Football League and United Football League.
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Eric Crouch is a TV sports analyst and recreational equipment vendor.
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Eric Crouch attended Millard North High School in Omaha, Nebraska graduating in 1997.
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Eric Crouch was named Gatorade High School Player of the Year for the state of Nebraska.
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Eric Crouch finished his high school career with 5,134 yards of total offense.
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Eric Crouch placed 2nd and 4th in the State Championships in the 100 meter and 200 meter races, respectively.
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In 1998, Bobby Newcombe began the season as the starting quarterback, but he was sidelined by a knee injury after the first game and Eric Crouch took over the starting duties.
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Against UAB, Eric Crouch rushed for two touchdowns and completed 11 of 17 passes in his first career start.
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Eric Crouch made another start before being replaced by a healthy Bobby Newcombe.
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The next fall Newcombe was named the starting quarterback, and it was rumored that Eric Crouch might leave the team.
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Eric Crouch was given significant playing time in the first and second games.
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Eric Crouch started the third game against Southern Mississippi, and Newcombe moved to wingback.
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Eric 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.
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In 2001 Eric Crouch had his best year, breaking school or NCAA records almost weekly and appearing to be a serious contender for the Heisman Trophy.
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Eric Crouch became the Big 12 all-time career rushing quarterback in the emotionally charged game against Rice.
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The next week, against Missouri, Eric 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.
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Against Iowa State the following week, Eric Crouch broke the record for career touchdowns by a quarterback.
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Eric Crouch became only the fourth player in Division 1 history to both pass and rush for 3,000 yards in a career with his performance against Texas Tech.
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Two weeks later, Eric Crouch was announced as the recipient of the award, edging out Florida's Rex Grossman and Miami's Ken Dorsey in the closest Heisman ballot since 1985.
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Eric Crouch was initially drafted by the St Louis Rams of the NFL as a wide receiver, but still wanted to play quarterback.
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Eric Crouch was seen by NFL teams as being too short to play quarterback.
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Eric Crouch's athleticism was seen as better suited for playing wideout.
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Eric Crouch denied that he refused to play wide receiver when it came to leaving the Rams.
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Eric Crouch signed with the Kansas City Chiefs in January 2005, and was allocated to the Hamburg Sea Devils of NFL Europe.
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Eric Crouch converted to the safety position, recording 25 tackles and two passes defended.
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On July 22,2006, Eric Crouch made his regular season CFL debut against the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Regina, Saskatchewan.
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In 2007 Eric Crouch was expected to battle Michael Bishop, Damon Allen, Mike McMahon and Tom Arth for the Argos' starting quarterback position, but he eventually faltered because of injury.
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Eric Crouch began the season on the nine-week disabled list.
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On September 25,2007, Crouch signed with the upstart All-American Football League.
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Eric Crouch was drafted 3rd overall by Team Texas on January 26,2008, in the first round of the league's inaugural draft.
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Eric Crouch was released from his contract when the league canceled its debut season.
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On June 8,2011, Eric Crouch accepted an invitation to attend the Nighthawks mini-camp.
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Eric Crouch served as the special teams coordinator and running backs coach at Midland University from 2018 to 2021.
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Eric Crouch was a sales territory manager for a major medical device manufacturer in the US.
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Currently, Eric Crouch is a vendor of playground and recreation equipment at Eric Crouch Recreation in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Eric Crouch has been a TV studio analyst for KETV Channel 7 in Omaha, and a studio analyst on Versus.
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Eric Crouch joined Fox College Football as an In-Game Analyst for FX in 2013.