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| Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||
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| Born: | January 5, 1967 Dallas, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 178 lb (81 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Duncanville (Duncanville, Texas) | ||||||||
| College: | Baylor | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1989 / Round: 4 / Pick: 86 | ||||||||
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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[edit]
- ^ "Broncos announce 50th Anniversary Team" Archived 2014-12-15 at the Wayback Machine, Denver Broncos official website, September 15, 2009.
- ^ "1989 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
- ^ "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.