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Son of former NFL cornerback announces commitment to TU
Published: 1/22/2013 6:55 PM
Last Modified: 1/22/2013 6:55 PM

The son of a former two-time Super Bowl champion, Ray Crockett II has announced his commitment to the University of Tulsa football program.

A 6-foot, 170-pound cornerback from Southlake Carroll High School, Crockett is the 18th prospect on TU’s commitment list and the fifth Texan. His father, Ray Crockett Sr., had a 14-season NFL career with the Detroit Lions, Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs. He was a starter on Denver’s back-to-back championship teams (1997 and 1998 seasons).

Golden Hurricane offensive coordinator Greg Peterson was primarily responsible for the recruiting of Crockett II, who made an official visit to the TU campus last weekend.

“My dad told me not to a big-name school just because they have a big name. He told me to pick a place where I would want to be for the next four years,” Crockett II said. “I felt like Tulsa was that school.

“I liked how it’s a small school, enrollment-wise, but the campus isn’t as small as you’d expect. I didn’t want to go to a huge school and get lost and get treated like a number. At Tulsa, people want to know how you’re doing.”

Crockett II’s impression of TU coach Bill Blankenship: “I’ve heard nothing but good things about him. When I had a conversation with him, I saw all of those good things for myself.”

Verbal commitments are non-binding. High school recruits may sign national letters of intent on Feb. 6.

Crockett’s Southlake Carroll team captured the 2011 Class 5A Division I state title. In the 2012 quarterfinals, Southlake Carroll was eliminated 49-45 as DeSoto stopped the Dragons with a late goal-line stand.

-- Bill Haisten

TU COMMITMENTS (18)
Pos . . Player . . . . . Ht . . Wt . . Hometown/last school
CB Will Barrow 5-9 170 Dallas (Skyline)
DB Joe Bean 6-1 195 Hooker
OL Rob Boyd 6-4 285 Vian
DT Jesse Brubaker 6-3 260 Wylie, Texas (East)
CB Ray Crockett 6-0 170 Southlake, Texas (Carroll)
LB C.J. Gooden 6-1 215 Ashdown, Ark.
FB Chris Hall 6-0 240 Tulsa (Union)
LB Jake Hanks 6-2 230 Fort Collins, Colo.
WR Keevan Lucas 5-11 180 Abilene, Texas
OL Blake Mejia 6-3 280 Tulsa (Union)
ATH Ben Oberste 6-0 200 Sallisaw
RB Jonathan Parker 5-9 170 St. Louis (Christian Bros.)
DT Lionel Phillips 6-2 285 Garland, Texas (Naaman Forest)
DE Dalton Rodriguez 6-6 255 Tulsa (Union)
LB Devin Rolan 6-0 220 McAlester
QB Ryan Rubley 6-4 185 Mountain Vista, Colo.
OL Zac Uhles 6-4 250 Norman
DE Donnie White 6-3 215 St. Louis (De Smet Jesuit)



Reader Comments 3 Total
TCH51 (3 weeks ago)
Welcome Ray. We are excited to see you play in our defensive backfield or whereever your talent is needed. Go Blue and Gold!
guido911 (3 weeks ago)
What TCH said. You are going to a fantastic school and will get a quality education.
208675 (3 weeks ago)
Amazing news!
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Tulsa World Sports Writer Bill Haisten was named the 2010 Oklahoma Sportswriter of the Year. He is the World's only staff member to have covered OU, OSU, TU and ORU sports on a beat basis. He was on the OSU beat from 2004-2012. A Texas native, he has covered two Super Bowls and two national championship football games for the World.

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