Roscoe Crosby
Roscoe Crosby

Player Profile
Class:
RS Junior

Hometown:
Buffalo, SC

High School:
Union High School

Height / Weight:
6-3 / 200

Position:
Wide Receiver

Experience:
1VL

Crosby Fact: Set a Clemson record for receptions and reception yards by a first-year freshman with 27-465 in 2001

Fall 2002 Depth Chart Position: Reserve Wide Receiver

Year Lettered: 2001

Bowl Experience: Had four receptions and a touchdown catch against Louisiana Tech in 2001 Humanitarian Bowl.

Overview: Will sit out the 2002 season recovering from elbow surgery...had Tommy John Surgery on June 25, 2002 in Birmingham, AL, a surgery performed by Dr. James Andrews...will spend the year at Clemson going through rehab and working on his studies...two-sport star, he is a college football player at Clemson and professional baseball player with the Kansas City Royals organization ...highly regarded wide receiver who came on strong at the end of the 2001 season...had great performance in the bowl win over Louisiana Tech, he had four catches for 69 yards and a score ...had an injury plagued first year, he was injured in the second game of the season against Wofford and had just six catches over his first four games...had 21 of his 27 receptions over the last six games...finished third in the ACC in yards per reception with a 17.2 average (given a minimum of 20 receptions)...had his best game in regular season finale against Duke when he caught six passes for 139 yards and two scores...that set Clemson single game receiving yardage record by a Tiger freshman...named ACC Rookie of the Week for that performance...also named top receiver in the ACC by USA TODAY.com for that week...finished year with 27-465, Clemson single season records for receptions and reception yards by a first-year freshman...had a 47-yard scoring pass and 58-yard scoring pass from Woodrow Dantzler in the Duke game at Clemson...scored on a 53-yard reception from Dantzler in the second period that put Clemson ahead for good at 14-10...had best road game at Maryland with 4-61 and his first career touchdown...had four catches for 42 yards at South Carolina...got off to a good start with 3-64 against Central Florida...his 33-yard catch set up a Clemson score...led Clemson in reception yardage that game...suffered a sprained knee early in the Wofford game on September 8...missed the Virginia game with the sprained knee, then played 13 snaps at Georgia Tech, but was never the intended receiver...suffered broken nose at Tech and missed the win at NC State...came back to action against North Carolina... missed just two games overall, showing his toughness ... started four games (including the bowl game) and played in 10...fourth in the team in receptions, his 17.2 per catch figure was second on the team behind teammate and classmate Airese Currie ...a second-round pick and 53rd selection of the June 2001 major league draft...yet to play a professional baseball game .

In High School: First-team USA Today All-American, Clemson's first first-team selection by that publication since 1989...first-team Parade All-American...ranked as the number-one receiver in the nation by rivals100.com...#1 wide receiver in the nation by Mickey Plyler...the number-two flanker in the country by USA Today.com and Max Emfinger...a Max Emfinger All-American...#8 overall player in the nation, regardless of position, by Tom Lemming...#20 overall player in the nation by SuperPrep...#3 receiver in the nation by Superprep...#1 player in South Carolina by SuperPrep...chosen to South Carolina prep football All-Decade team...one of the top 100 athletes of the century in South Carolina according to the Spartanburg Herald...Player of the Year in South Carolina according to USA Today...Player of the Year in the Carolinas according to Charlotte Observer...Player of the Year in the South by the Orlando Sentinel...Mr. Football in the state of South Carolina as a senior...selected to play in first National High School All-Star game in Dallas...two-time consensus all-state in South Carolina....caught seven passes in 2000 Shrine Bowl, helping South Carolina to a convincing victory....named high school player of the Year in South Carolina by the Greenville Touchdown Club...had 77 receptions for 1590 yards and 22 touchdowns in 15 games in 2000, he led his team to its second straight state championship...had 82 catches for 1516 yards and 27 touchdowns in 15 games as a junior...named an honorable mention All-American by USA Today in 1999...also a College Football news top 100 as a junior...Union High went 28-2 and won back-to-back state titles his junior and senior years...also a standout baseball player who is a potential first-round pick in the June draft...hit .561 with nine home runs as a junior...played his high school football for Mike Anthony.... ...chose Clemson over Florida State, Georgia Tech, South Carolina and Auburn...born Terence M. Crosby on 2-6-83, he signed with the Tigers one day after his 18th birthdaymajoring in general business.

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