Eric Crume

Eric Crume (born October 18, 1993) is an American football defensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Syracuse.

Eric Crume
Free agent
Position:Defensive tackle
Personal information
Born: (1993-10-18) October 18, 1993
Detroit, Michigan
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:302 lb (137 kg)
Career information
High school:Detroit (MI) Central
College:Syracuse
Undrafted:2015
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Early years

Crume attended Central High School in Detroit, Michigan where he graduated in 2011.[1]

College career

Coming out of high school Crume committed to play football at Syracuse University. Crume played as a true freshman and played all four years at Syracuse, playing in 43 games over those four years.[1]

Professional career

Jacksonville Jaguars

On May 2, 2015, after going undrafted, Crume tweeted that he had signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars.[2] On August 29, 2015 Crume was waived by the Jacksonville Jaguars as part of their roster cuts to get the roster size to 75 players.[3]

Green Bay Packers

On November 10, 2015, Crume was signed to the Green Bay Packers' practice squad to take the place of Justin Hamilton.[4] On November 17, 2015 Crume was waived from the practice squad to make room for B.J. McBryde.[5]

Carolina Panthers

On January 6, 2016, Crume signed a futures contract with the Carolina Panthers.[6] On September 3, 2016, he was waived by the Panthers as part of final roster cuts and was signed to the practice squad the next day.[7][8] After spending the entire season on the practice squad, Crume signed a reserve/future contract with the Panthers on January 2, 2017.[9]

On September 2, 2017, Crume was waived by the Panthers and was signed to the practice squad the next day.[10][11] He was released on September 14, 2017.[12]

References
  1. "52 - Eric Crume". Syracuse Athletics. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  2. Stephen Bailey (May 2, 2015). "Former Syracuse football DT Eric Crume signs as free agent with Jacksonville Jaguars". Syracuse.com. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  3. "Jaguars waive WR Tandon Doss, 11 others to trim roster to 75". Yahoo! Sports. August 29, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  4. Jason B. Hirschhorn (November 10, 2015). "Packers sign DL Eric Crume to practice squad, release DL Justin Hamilton". SBNation. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  5. Weston Hodkiewicz (November 17, 2015). "Packers sign DE McBryde, cut DT Crume". PackersNews.com. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  6. Caryn Little (January 6, 2016). "Carolina Panthers Sign Six Players To Future Contracts". WCCBCharlotte.com. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  7. Henson, Max. "Panthers trim roster to 53". Panthers.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018.
  8. Henson, Max. "Panthers establish practice squad". Panthers.com. Archived from the original on August 14, 2017.
  9. "Panthers sign nine to future contracts". Panthers.com. January 2, 2017. Archived from the original on August 25, 2017.
  10. Henson, Max (September 2, 2017). "Panthers trim roster to 53". Panthers.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2017.
  11. Voth, Bill (September 3, 2017). "Panthers sign 10 players to practice squad". Panthers.com. Archived from the original on March 13, 2018.
  12. Strickland, Bryan (September 14, 2017). "Panthers claim OT John Theus". Panthers.com.
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