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Jersey Number 38
Brooks Crabtree
- Position:
- P
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 181
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Starkville, MS
CAREER:
Non-scholarship student-athlete who walked on the Mississippi State football program in 2004 . . . Has played in five games with three starting assignments at the punter position and has served as the holder for placements during his career . . . Has punted 18 times for 650 yards, a 36.1-yard average, with a career-long 54-yard punt . . . Came to MSU following two seasons at the junior college level . . . Played at Hinds (Miss.) Community College following a high school career at nearby Starkville High School.
Continued to compete for playing time at both punter and holder during the spring . . . Punted three times for a 35.7-yard average during the spring-ending Maroon and White game . . . Will enter two-a-day practice looking for work at his specialties.
Served as the team’s top back-up at punter and holder during his senior season, but did not see any game action . . . Remained atop the spring-ending depth chart at punter following State’s four-week session . . . Punted four times for a 38.2-yard average during the spring-ending Maroon and White game.
Played in five games with three starting assignments at the punter position during his first year of eligibility with the Bulldogs . . . Punted 18 times for 650 yards, a 36.1-yard average . . . Saw the first action of his Mississippi State career in Week 3 game with Maine . . . Punted twice during the second half of the game, averaging 43.7 yards per kick . . . Had a game-best and career-long, 54-yard boot . . . Assumed the role of top punter for State’s Week 4 game at LSU . . . Punted eight times for a 34.5-yard average with one kick being downed inside the Tiger 20-yard line . . . Maintained the starter’s role and kicked three times for a 34.7-yard average at Vanderbilt in Week 5 . . . One of his boots was downed inside the 20-yard line . . . Again, was the first punter called upon and kicked four times for a 34.8-yard average in Week 6 work against UAB . . . Pressed into service as the holder for all placements in Week 10 against Arkansas.
Played football two years at Hinds (Miss.) Community College . . . Served as the team’s primary punter and holder for all placements for two seasons . . . Averaged 40.5 yards per punt during his junior college career . . . Helped head coach Gene Murphy’s team to the south state title game as a freshman and head coach J. Mike Smith’s squad to the state championship game as a sophomore . . . That squad culminated the year with a 9-2 mark and ranked fifth nationally , and he was named second-team, all-state at punter. . .
Two-time all-district punter on the prep level, who earned all-state recognition during his senior campaign . . . Helped lead head coach Bill Lee’s Starkville Yellow Jackets to a 14-1 overall record and the state championship during his senior season as the team’s punter . . . Led the state of Mississippi with a 42.6-yard average, averaging 45.2 yards per kick in the state title-winning game . . . Also earned two letters in baseball at SHS.
Born Brooks Joseph Crabtree, 7-9-83, in Mobile, Ala. . . . Son of Mr. Milo Crabtree and Ms. Debi Miles . . . Majoring in teaching and coaching.
Non-scholarship student-athlete who walked on the Mississippi State football program in 2004 . . . Has played in five games with three starting assignments at the punter position and has served as the holder for placements during his career . . . Has punted 18 times for 650 yards, a 36.1-yard average, with a career-long 54-yard punt . . . Came to MSU following two seasons at the junior college level . . . Played at Hinds (Miss.) Community College following a high school career at nearby Starkville High School.
2006:
Continued to compete for playing time at both punter and holder during the spring . . . Punted three times for a 35.7-yard average during the spring-ending Maroon and White game . . . Will enter two-a-day practice looking for work at his specialties.
2005:
Served as the team’s top back-up at punter and holder during his senior season, but did not see any game action . . . Remained atop the spring-ending depth chart at punter following State’s four-week session . . . Punted four times for a 38.2-yard average during the spring-ending Maroon and White game.
2004:
Played in five games with three starting assignments at the punter position during his first year of eligibility with the Bulldogs . . . Punted 18 times for 650 yards, a 36.1-yard average . . . Saw the first action of his Mississippi State career in Week 3 game with Maine . . . Punted twice during the second half of the game, averaging 43.7 yards per kick . . . Had a game-best and career-long, 54-yard boot . . . Assumed the role of top punter for State’s Week 4 game at LSU . . . Punted eight times for a 34.5-yard average with one kick being downed inside the Tiger 20-yard line . . . Maintained the starter’s role and kicked three times for a 34.7-yard average at Vanderbilt in Week 5 . . . One of his boots was downed inside the 20-yard line . . . Again, was the first punter called upon and kicked four times for a 34.8-yard average in Week 6 work against UAB . . . Pressed into service as the holder for all placements in Week 10 against Arkansas.
JUNIOR COLLEGE:
Played football two years at Hinds (Miss.) Community College . . . Served as the team’s primary punter and holder for all placements for two seasons . . . Averaged 40.5 yards per punt during his junior college career . . . Helped head coach Gene Murphy’s team to the south state title game as a freshman and head coach J. Mike Smith’s squad to the state championship game as a sophomore . . . That squad culminated the year with a 9-2 mark and ranked fifth nationally , and he was named second-team, all-state at punter. . .
HIGH SCHOOL:
Two-time all-district punter on the prep level, who earned all-state recognition during his senior campaign . . . Helped lead head coach Bill Lee’s Starkville Yellow Jackets to a 14-1 overall record and the state championship during his senior season as the team’s punter . . . Led the state of Mississippi with a 42.6-yard average, averaging 45.2 yards per kick in the state title-winning game . . . Also earned two letters in baseball at SHS.
PERSONAL:
Born Brooks Joseph Crabtree, 7-9-83, in Mobile, Ala. . . . Son of Mr. Milo Crabtree and Ms. Debi Miles . . . Majoring in teaching and coaching.
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