Eric Crocker (born May 20, 1987) is a former
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wit ...
cornerback
A cornerback (CB) is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in gridiron football. Cornerbacks cover receivers most of the time, but also blitz and defend against such offensive running plays as sweeps and reverses. They create turnove ...
. He was signed as an
undrafted free agent
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by the Talons in 2012. He played
college football at the
University of Arkansas at Monticello
The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) is a public university in Monticello, Arkansas with Colleges of Technology in Crossett and McGehee. UAM is part of the University of Arkansas System and offers master's degrees, baccalaureate degre ...
.
Early years
Crocker grew up in Stockton, California where he witnessed crime in his neighborhood at a young age but decided to turn to sports for a positive path.
He attended
Tokay High School
Tokay High School is one of two high schools in Lodi, California, United States, the other being Lodi High School. Tokay High School is part of the Lodi Unified School District. The school's colors are purple and gold, and its mascot is the ti ...
in
Lodi, California
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where he played football and also played basketball and ran track and field.
College career
He attended
Modesto Junior College
Modesto Junior College (MJC) is a public community college in Modesto, California. It is part of Yosemite Community College District along with Columbia College. MJC, and Columbia College, belong to the California Community College system a ...
for one year.
He also was awarded Golden Gate First-team All-Conference Honors.
He earned a scholarship and finished college at division II University of Arkansas-Monticello. Crocker was named to the Great American All-Conference Team as a senior
Professional career
San Antonio Talons
He signed with the
San Antonio Talons
The San Antonio Talons were a professional arena football team based in San Antonio, Texas. They played in the Arena Football League (AFL). Their home arena was the Alamodome, following their relocation to San Antonio for the 2012 season.
The t ...
of the
Arena Football League
The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 season, making it the third longest-running professional football league in ...
as an undrafted free agent.
He finished the 2012 AFL season with 70 tackles, 2 forced fumbles, 3 fumble recoveries, and 3 interceptions.
New York Jets
On March 1, 2013, he signed with the
New York Jets. He was released on August 4, 2013.
Portland Thunder
On December 20, 2013, Crocker was selected by the
Portland Thunder
The Portland Steel were a professional arena football team based in Portland, Oregon and members of the Arena Football League (AFL). The team started as the Portland Thunder, joining the AFL in 2014 as an expansion team along with the Los Ange ...
in the 2014 AFL Expansion Draft.
San Jose SaberCats
On September 29, 2014, Crocker was assigned to the
San Jose SaberCats
The San Jose SaberCats were a professional arena football team based in San Jose, California. The SaberCats had been members of the Arena Football League (AFL) since 1995 (the year in which the team was founded); and until 2015, they belonged to ...
.
Personal life
His father, who died in June 2013, was Brian Crocker. His mother is Elnora Rucker.
He has one brother named Brian Crocker, Jr. and has three sisters named Jade, Diamond and Belicia Crocker.
He has a son named Jayden "Juice" Crocker with ex-girlfriend Lorianne Prado. He is married to Styvie Angelo and inherited one boy David “Dee” and Styvie and Eric have a baby together named Dilynn and Eric has at least one more girl named Shayne from a previous relationship and now lives in Arkansas
References
External links
New York Jets bio
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1987 births
Living people
Players of American football from Stockton, California
American football cornerbacks
Modesto Pirates football players
Arkansas–Monticello Boll Weevils football players
San Antonio Talons players
New York Jets players
Portland Thunder players
San Jose SaberCats players
Tokay High School alumni