Crabtree with the San Francisco 49ers in 2012
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No. 15 Oakland Raiders | |||||||||
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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Date of birth: | September 14, 1987 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Dallas (TX) Carter | ||||||||
College: | Texas Tech | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2009 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10 | ||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2016 | |||||||||
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Receptions: | 521 |
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Receiving yards: | 6,252 |
Receiving touchdowns: | 43 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Michael Alex Crabtree Jr. (born September 14, 1987) is an American football wide receiver for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers tenth overall in the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas Tech, where he was a two-time unanimous All-American and twice won the Fred Biletnikoff Award as the nation's best wide receiver.
Michael Crabtree was born in Dallas, Texas. He attended David W. Carter High School in Dallas, where he played basketball, football and ran track. He played as a quarterback for the Carter Cowboys high school football team. As a senior, he passed for 870 yards and eleven touchdowns on 45 completions out of 100 attempts. He also ran for 646 yards and nine touchdowns on 100 carries. He was four-star football recruit as an athlete.
In addition to playing football in high school, Crabtree was also on the basketball team and ranked among the top 51 recruits in the state of Texas going into college. During a visit in 2004, Texas Tech basketball coach Bob Knight asked Crabtree which sport he was going to choose. Though the decision was not an easy one, he opted to play college football exclusively.