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American football player (born 1967)
American football player
Donald Ray Crockett
(born January 5, 1967) is a former
American football
player in the
National Football League
(NFL). He was drafted in the fourth round of the 1989 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions.
[2]
He played for fourteen years in the NFL and earned two
Super Bowl rings
with the
Denver Broncos
as a
cornerback
. He played his
high school football
at
Duncanville High School
in
Duncanville, Texas
.
[3]
He played
college football
at
Baylor
from 1984 to 1988, and was inducted into the Baylor athletic hall of fame in 2008.
[4]
He notably returned an interception 96 yards for a touchdown against
Dallas
in 1991. On 20 Sep 1998, he intercepted Jeff George in the third quarter and returned it 25 yards, then did it again in the 4th quarter, returning it 80 yards for a touchdown, and Broncos record 105 combined interception yards.
In 2005, he co-starred (with
Dick Butkus
) in the
ESPN
reality show
Bound for Glory
, in which they both took on the task of coaching a high school football team.
[5]
He appeared on the
NBC
game show
Identity
, as one of the twelve people whose identity the contestant had to guess. The contestant correctly identified him as a football player.
In 2008, he collaborated with
Morgan Spurlock
(creator of the show
30 Days
and the popular film
Super Size Me
) to be on an episode of
30 Days
. In the episode, Crockett spent 30 days using a
wheelchair
to get around.
[6]
[7]
He chose to be on the show after witnessing a
paralyzing
injury of former
Detroit Lions
teammate
Mike Utley
in 1991.
[8]
The rapper and producer Birdman is seen wearing his jersey in the music video of the song "I made it" by Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil' Wayne, Jaysean and Birdman.
In 2019, he joined Your EFO "Your Championship Tax Office" and is currently the VP of Operations.
Crockett lives in Tampa, Florida and works as a youth football coach for a middle school football team.
References
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"Broncos announce 50th Anniversary Team"
,
Denver Broncos
official website, September 15, 2009.
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"1989 NFL Draft Listing"
.
Pro-Football-Reference.com
. Retrieved
2023-05-26
.
- ^
"Duncanville Athletics Hall of Honor"
Archived
2015-04-02 at the
Wayback Machine
,
Duncanville Independent School District
(accessed 2012-12-18).
- ^
Jerry Hill,
"One Time When 'Selfless' Did Pay Off: Ray Crockett to be inducted into Baylor Athletic Hall of Fame Friday"
Archived
2017-02-17 at the
Wayback Machine
,
Baylor Bears
official website, November 7, 2008.
- ^
"Butkus takes on tough coaching job."
Associated Press
in
Albany Times Union
, September 20, 2005.
- ^
Steve Blow,
"Athlete tackles life out of comfort zone"
,
Dallas Morning News
, June 10, 2008 (pay site).
- ^
"W.Va. mine job next for Spurlock on '30 Days'"
,
The Charleston Gazette
, March 20, 2008.
- ^
Steve Blow,
"On a Roll: A Standout Athlete Faces Life Sitting Down"
,
Baylor Line Magazine
, Fall 2008.
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