2025 Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 1
Daveon Crouch
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 227
- Hometown:
- Tampa, Fla.
- High School:
- Wharton
- Shop:
- Athlete's Thread
2025 (Senior): Named a captain for the first time in his career ahead of the 2025 season ... Started all four games he played in at linebacker, totaling 12 tackles, one sack, and an interception returned for a touchdown ... Picked off a pass from quarterback Gunnar Smith in the third quarter and returned the ball 28 yards for a touchdown vs. Fordham (8/30), his first career touchdown en route to finishing with six tackles, one tackle-for-loss, one sack, and the interception ... Did not play vs. California (9/27) at Pittsburgh (10/4) vs. Clemson (10/11) vs. Connecticut (10/18) and at Louisville (10/25) due to injury ... Returned to the starting lineup at linebacker vs. Notre Dame (11/1) after missing the previous five games due to injury ... Did not play vs. SMU (11/8) vs. Georgia Tech (11/15) and at Syracuse (11/29) due to injury.Â
2024 (Junior): Started all 13 games at linebacker… third on the team in tackles with 77 to go with 6.5 tackles for loss, four pass break-ups, two sacks and two forced fumbles… registered seven tackles at Missouri (9/14)... contributed six tackles and a PBU against Michigan State (9/21)... posted five tackles and two quarterback hurries vs. Western Kentucky (9/28)... collected six tackles at Virginia Tech (10/17)... posted seven tackles against Louisville (10/25)... forced a fumble in a seven-tackle effort vs. Syracuse (11/9)... credited with two TFLs and 10 tackles at SMU (11/16)... notched a sack and four tackles against North Carolina (11/23)... registered a season-high 14 tackles with 2.5 TFLs, a sack and a forced fumble vs. Nebraska (12/28) in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl.
2023 (Sophomore): Played in 12 games off the bench and on special teams… totaled 17 tackles and one PBU… recorded two tackles at Georgia Tech (10/21)... broke up a pass and was credited with a quarterback hurry vs. Connecticut (10/28)... set his career-high with five tackles against Virginia Tech (11/11)... posted five tackles vs. Miami (11/24)... matched his career-high with five tackles and assisted on a tackle for loss vs. SMU (12/28) at the Wasabi Fenway Bowl.
2022 (Freshman): Appeared in 11 games, primarily in special teams… made one tackle.
High School: Three-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals … rated the No. 91 linebacker in the class, No. 110 player in Florida and No. 9 linebacker in Florida by 247Sports … led Wharton defense in a 9-3 season with team-high 67 tackles, including 21 tackles for loss … off the field, Crouch was the first to respond to a fellow student on campus who was unresponsive and breathing irregularly in August of 2021 … he was able to get the attention of staff who would use an AED shock to the student's chest, then several minutes worth of CPR until medics arrived.
Personal: Son of Masha Watts and Isaiah Thompson … Recipient of the Mr. and Mrs. John Wisniewski '50 Scholarship Fund and the Peter Russell Gray '89 Memorial Football Scholarship Fund ... Communication major.Â
2024 (Junior): Started all 13 games at linebacker… third on the team in tackles with 77 to go with 6.5 tackles for loss, four pass break-ups, two sacks and two forced fumbles… registered seven tackles at Missouri (9/14)... contributed six tackles and a PBU against Michigan State (9/21)... posted five tackles and two quarterback hurries vs. Western Kentucky (9/28)... collected six tackles at Virginia Tech (10/17)... posted seven tackles against Louisville (10/25)... forced a fumble in a seven-tackle effort vs. Syracuse (11/9)... credited with two TFLs and 10 tackles at SMU (11/16)... notched a sack and four tackles against North Carolina (11/23)... registered a season-high 14 tackles with 2.5 TFLs, a sack and a forced fumble vs. Nebraska (12/28) in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl.
2023 (Sophomore): Played in 12 games off the bench and on special teams… totaled 17 tackles and one PBU… recorded two tackles at Georgia Tech (10/21)... broke up a pass and was credited with a quarterback hurry vs. Connecticut (10/28)... set his career-high with five tackles against Virginia Tech (11/11)... posted five tackles vs. Miami (11/24)... matched his career-high with five tackles and assisted on a tackle for loss vs. SMU (12/28) at the Wasabi Fenway Bowl.
2022 (Freshman): Appeared in 11 games, primarily in special teams… made one tackle.
High School: Three-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals … rated the No. 91 linebacker in the class, No. 110 player in Florida and No. 9 linebacker in Florida by 247Sports … led Wharton defense in a 9-3 season with team-high 67 tackles, including 21 tackles for loss … off the field, Crouch was the first to respond to a fellow student on campus who was unresponsive and breathing irregularly in August of 2021 … he was able to get the attention of staff who would use an AED shock to the student's chest, then several minutes worth of CPR until medics arrived.
Personal: Son of Masha Watts and Isaiah Thompson … Recipient of the Mr. and Mrs. John Wisniewski '50 Scholarship Fund and the Peter Russell Gray '89 Memorial Football Scholarship Fund ... Communication major.Â
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