# Tim Crowder

Timothy C. Crowder (born June 30, 1985) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorns and was selected by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 2007 NFL draft.
Crowder also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

## Early life

Crowder attended John Tyler High School and was coached by Kelvin Ratliff. He primarily played defensive end and posted 127 tackles, 22 tackles for loss (TFLs) and 14 sacks in his final two seasons.

## College career

Crowder played college football at the University of Texas at Austin for the Longhorns. As a freshman, he played in all 13 games and started 9 at left defensive end. For the season, he recorded 35 tackles, 3 TFLs, one sack, one interception, 14 pressures, five passes deflected and two forced fumbles. Following the season, he was named third-team Freshman All America by the Sporting News and shared UT's Outstanding Newcomer of the Year award. As a sophomore, he started all 12 games at left defensive end. For the season, he recorded 47 tackles, 10 TFLs, one forced fumble, 4.5 sacks, and 22 quarterback pressures. He was named honorable mention All-Big 12 by the Associated Press. As a junior in 2005, he started all 13 games at left defensive end. He led the team with 20 QB pressures, while recording 50 tackles, nine TFLs, three sacks, an interception and, a forced fumble. He was a first-team All-Big 12 selection by the league's coaches, a second-team All-Big 12 selection by The Kansas City Star, an honorable mention All-Big 12 pick by the Associated Press, and a member of the Ted Hendricks Award watch list.

## Professional career

Pre-draft measurables :
| Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | Wonderlic |
| 6 ft 3+1⁄2 in (1.92 m) | 272 lb (123 kg) | 4.69 s | 1.59 s | 2.71 s | 4.43 s | 7.28 s | 30+1⁄2 in (0.77 m) | 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) | 32 reps | 30 |

### Denver Broncos

Crowder was selected in the second round (56th overall) of the 2007 NFL draft by the Denver Broncos. He was the second defensive end selected by the club in that draft, and the second player to come from a recent BCS Championship team.
On October 21, 2007, against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday Night Football, Crowder returned a recovered fumble 50 yards for his first and only career touchdown after Ben Roethlisberger was strip sacked by Elvis Dumervil, as Denver would go on to win 31–28. He finished his rookie year starting 13 games, 16 tackles, 1 forced fumble and 4.0 sacks.
He was waived by the Broncos on September 5, 2009.

### Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Crowder was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on September 14, 2009. He was released on March 22, 2012.

## NFL career statistics

Legend :
| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Games | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD |
| 2007 | DEN | 13 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 1 |
| 2008 | DEN | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | TAM | 15 | 4 | 43 | 37 | 6 | 3.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | TAM | 16 | 9 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | TAM | 10 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | 60 | 14 | 105 | 83 | 22 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 1 |