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Channing Crowder
Linebacker 6-3 245
[justify] [/justify]2004: ESPN All-American Linebacker…First-Team All-SEC Defense (Coaches)…Second-Team All-SEC (AP)…Named UF's Outstanding Linebacker…Co-recipient of the Defensive Captain Award…Third on team with 73 tackles…Gators' leader in tackles six games (EMU, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, LSU and MSU)…Third on squad with 8.5 tackles for loss…Intercepted first career pass and returned it 22 yards versus Arkansas…Recorded a career-high two quarterback sacks against LSU…Notched an SEC and career-best 18 tackles and forced the second fumble of his career against Mississippi State…Saw action in nine games (EMU, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, LSU, MSU, Georgia, FSU and Miami), making seven starts (EMU, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, LSU, MSU and Georgia)…Suffered a mid-foot sprain in the first quarter of Georgia game and missed most of the game…Did not see action against Vanderbilt or South Carolina due to the injury…Recorded one tackle against Florida State in limited action…Recovered his third career fumble and notched three tackles in the Peach Bowl versus Miami…Earned the Defensive Best Effort Award at the conclusion of 2004 spring drills…
2003: Named The Sporting News SEC Defensive Freshman of the Year…Named to The Sporting News All-Freshman team and Rivals.com All-America team…Named to the Scripps/FWAA All-America Team…Named Second-Team All-SEC (Coaches)…Named the Collegefootballnews.com Freshman of the Year…Selected to the SEC-All Freshman Team (Coaches)…Named to the Knoxville News Sentinel All-Freshman Team…Played in 11 games (all but SJSU and Ole Miss) with nine starts (Miami, FAMU, Tennessee, Kentucky, LSU, Georgia, Vanderbilt, South Carolina and Iowa)…Nine starts is the most by a freshman linebacker in school history…After week eleven, leads the nation in tackles by a freshman… Ranked first among linebackers, first among UF's true freshmen and tied for ninth on the team, with 816 plays despite missing two games… Became the first true freshman of 2003 to start for the Gators and was the first true freshman LB to start since Travis Harris started four games in 2000…Underwent arthroscopic knee surgery on Oct. 1, prior to the Mississippi game, and missed the Mississippi game…Returned vs. eventual national champion LSU 10 days after surgery to lead the linebacking unit with seven tackles…Led the linebackers with 106 tackles (avg. 9.6 per game), ranking second on the team, despite missing two games…Also had five TFLs, two sacks, four pass breakups and a forced fumble…Led the defense with a then career-high 12 tackles and one pass deflection vs. Arkansas…Led the defense vs. Vanderbilt with a career-high 15 tackles and a TFL…Pressured Kentucky's Jared Lorenzen, forcing a game-turning interception, setting up a Gator TD to give UF the win…Led the defense with 15 total tackles vs. Georgia, also recorded five TFL and 0.5 sacks…Finished his first game tied for third on the defense with six tackles, including four solo hits, and a pass breakup vs. Miami…Led the defense with 14 tackles versus South Carolina, also recorded a pass breakup…Ranked second on the defense with 11 tackles vs. Tennessee...Also had a pass breakup, was in on a sack and had a TFL…Was one of four freshmen to record a sack in 2003…
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