Tae Crowder

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Tae Crowder
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Crowder in 2020
Position: Linebacker
Personal information
Date of birth: (1997-03-12) March 12, 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth: Pine Mountain, Georgia, U.S.
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Career information
High school: Harris County (Hamilton, Georgia)
College: Georgia (2015–2019)
NFL draft: 2020 / Round: 7 / Pick: 255
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles: 232
Sacks: 2.0
Pass deflections: 8
Interceptions: 2
Forced fumbles: 2
Fumble recoveries: 1
Player stats at PFR

Dequartavous "Tae" Crowder (born March 12, 1997) is an American football linebacker who is a free agent.[1] He played college football at Georgia. He was selected by the New York Giants with the final pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, making him that draft's Mr. Irrelevant.[2]

College career

Crowder redshirted his freshman season at Georgia in 2015. He switched to inside linebacker from running back in 2016. Crowder performed an important special teams role in 2017, helping the Bulldogs reach the national championship game before falling to Alabama. Between 2018 and 2019 Crowder recorded 48 tackles including 4.5 for a loss. He was one of the 12 finalists for the Butkus Award.[3] Crowder made a career-high 12 tackles in a loss to South Carolina.[4] In his career, Crowder produced 115 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, five passes defensed, and 1.5 sacks.[5]

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP
6 ft 1 7/8 in 241 lb
Values from Pro Day[6]

New York Giants

2020

Crowder was selected by the New York Giants with the 255th and final pick of the 2020 NFL Draft, thus becoming Mr. Irrelevant of the 2020 season.[5] He was reunited with his former inside linebackers coach at Georgia Kevin Sherrer when he was drafted by the Giants.[7][8] Crowder was placed on the active/non-football injury list by the Giants at the start of training camp on July 28, 2020.[9] He was activated on August 9.[10] Crowder was inactive for week 1 due to a hamstring injury.[11] In Week 6 against the Washington Football Team, Crowder recovered a fumble forced by teammate Kyler Fackrell on Kyle Allen and returned it for a 43 yard touchdown during the 20–19 win.[12] Crowder was placed on injured reserve with a hamstring injury on October 20, 2020.[13] He was activated on November 28, 2020.[14] In Week 13 against the Seattle Seahawks, Crowder recorded his first career sack on Russell Wilson during the 17–12 win, this helped his career in the NFL.[15]

2021

In Week 12, against the Philadelphia Eagles, Crowder recorded his first interception on Jalen Hurts during the 13–7 victory.[16] While starting all 17 games, Crowder ended the season with a career-high 130 tackles and led the team in tackles; he also recorded 2 interceptions and 1 forced fumble.[17]

2022

After the release of Blake Martinez one week before the season started; Crowder was left as the best option at linebacker in the depth chart.[18] In the season opener against the Tennessee Titans, Crowder recorded 7 tackles; one of them being a big hit on running back Derrick Henry.[19] In Week 10 against the Houston Texans the Giants decided to bench Crowder and move Jaylon Smith to inside linebacker and moved Micah McFadden to outside linebacker.[20] On December 20, 2022, he was waived. He started the first eight games of the 2022 season and departed the main roster with 43 tackles, 1 sack, and one forced fumble.[21] He was re-signed to the practice squad two days later.[22]

Pittsburgh Steelers

On December 27, 2022, Crowder was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers to their active roster.[23] He was released on May 22, 2023.[24]

Los Angeles Chargers

On August 22, 2023, Crowder signed with the Los Angeles Chargers.[25] He was waived as part of final roster cuts seven days later.[26]

Tennessee Titans

On December 26, 2023, Crowder was signed to the Titans practice squad.[27] He was not signed to a reserve/future contract and thus became a free agent when his contract expired at the end of the season.[28]

Career statistics

Regular season statistics
Year Team Games Tackles Fumbles Interceptions
GP GS Comb Solo Ast Sack FF FR Yds TD PD INT Yds Avg Lng TD
2020 NYG 11 6 57 34 23 1.0 0 1 43 1 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
2021 NYG 17 17 130 64 66 0 1 0 0 0 6 2 26 13.0 1 0
2022 NYG 13 8 45 26 19 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
PIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
2023 TEN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Career 43 31 232 124 108 2.0 2 1 43 1 8 2 26 13.0 1 0

References

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