Tae Crowder

BIOGRAPHY

Dequartavous "Tae" Crowder was born on March 12, 1997 in Pine Mountain, Georgia. He is a linebacker in the NFL.

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. Crowder made a career-high 12 tackles in a loss to South Carolina. In his career, Crowder produced 115 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, five passes defensed, and 1.5 sacks.

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. He was reunited with his former inside linebackers coach at Georgia Kevin Sherrer when he was drafted by the Giants. Crowder was placed on the active/non-football injury list by the Giants at the start of training camp on July 28, 2020. He was activated on August 9. Crowder was inactive for week 1 due to a hamstring injury. 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. Crowder was placed on injured reserve with a hamstring injury on October 20, 2020. He was activated on November 28, 2020. In Week 13 against the Seattle Seahawks, Crowder recorded his first career sack on Russell Wilson during the 17–12 win.