Crawford Ker Crawford Francis Ker ( born May 5 , 1962 ) is a former American college and professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League ( NFL ) for six seasons during the 1980s and early 1990s . Ker played college football for the University of Florida , and thereafter , he played professionally for the Dallas Cowboys and the Denver Broncos of the NFL . He is now the owner of a chain of restaurants and sports bars located throughout Florida . Early life . Ker was born in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , and was the only son of George and Anne Ker . His father George immigrated to the United States from Scotland , and had previously served in the British Army as a Buckingham Palace guard . When Ker was young , his family moved to Florida , and his father worked two or three jobs to pay for the family ' s ranch house in Dunedin , Florida , running a lawn service during the day and working at a 7 - 11 convenience store at night . After school , and during weekends and summers , Ker worked with his father , cutting grass . In the mid - 1970s , George managed the kitchen at Capogna ' s Dugout , a sports restaurant in Clearwater , Florida , where Ker worked as a busboy while he was in high school . During school semester breaks and vacations , he also waited tables and cooked in the kitchen . Ker attended Dunedin High School in Dunedin . During his junior year in high school , he decided to become a professional football player . He had not played high school football before his junior year , but he purchased a Kmart weight set and started working out ; after beginning high school at 145 pounds , he bulked up to 210 . According to Ker ' s mother , he didn ' t love football , but he was certain he could make the money he wanted as a player . Crawford stated , " I made myself into a football player . " During his senior year , Ker played very well , the Dunedin Falcons football team won a Pinellas County championship , but no Division I football programs recruited him to play college football . Crawford graduated from Dunedin High School in 1980 , but didn ' t want to attend a small college ; he wanted to play at a big school to improve his chances of being drafted in the NFL . He worked and worked out during the first year after graduation , adding another fifty pounds to his six - foot , four - inch frame . College career . On the advice of a friend , Ker called the football coach at Arizona Western College who invited him to Yuma , Arizona . His father purchased a one - way airline ticket to Arizona for Ker . Ker played at Arizona Western for in 1981 and 1982 and was recognized as a junior college ( " JUCO " ) All - American . After Ker ' s JUCO performance at Arizona Western , the Florida Gators football coaches were convinced of Ker ' s talent and offered him an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville , Florida for his junior and senior years in 1983 and 1984 . Ker ' s nickname among his Gators teammates was " Big Daddy , " and he could bench - press up to 515 pounds . He played two years for coach Charley Pell and coach Galen Hall ' s Florida Gators football teams , and , as a senior , he was on the Gator ' s 1984 squad that , at the time , was considered the finest Gators football team ever . The Gators ' outstanding offensive line was called " The Great Wall of Florida , " and included Ker , Phil Bromley , Lomas Brown , Billy Hinson and Jeff Zimmerman . Behind the blocking of Ker and his Great Wall teammates , the Gators ' quarterback Kerwin Bell , fullback John L . Williams and halfback Neal Anderson led the Gators to a 9 – 1 – 1 overall win - loss record and won their first Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) championship with a conference record of 5 – 0 – 1 . ( The title was later vacated by the SEC university presidents because of NCAA rules violations committed by Charley Pell and the Gators coaching staff between 1979 and 1983 , before Ker ' s arrival in Gainesville . ) Ker was recognized as a second - team All - SEC selection and an honorable mention All - American following the 1984 season . Professional career . The Dallas Cowboys drafted Ker in the third round ( seventy - sixth pick overall ) of the 1985 NFL Draft , and he played for the Cowboys from to . Ker played five games for the Cowboys as a 23 - year - old rookie in , but quickly became the Cowboys ' highest - paid offensive lineman , and started in eighty - six of the Cowboys ' ninety - one regular season games from to . After Cowboys coach Tom Landry retired , Ker left the Cowboys via free agency in , and signed with the Denver Broncos . He was placed on the Injured reserve list during the pre - season and stayed in Denver just one year ; he retired before the season began . Life after football . Ker is the founder and chief executive officer of Ker ' s WingHouse Bar & Grill , a Florida - based chain of restaurants and sports bars . Crawford and his wife Melissa were married in 1998 , and they live in Largo , Florida . The Kers have two daughters and a son .