| Howard Croom |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Long Beach, Calif.
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| High School:
Wilson
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| Height / Weight:
6-3 / 240
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| Position:
TE
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| Experience:
3V
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<="" href="?DB_OEM_ID=30800">Career Bio
2009: Howard is the team leader for starts with 23 ... veteran tight end with good hands and likely more of a target for Beaver quarterbacks this season. 2008: Started nine games, making six receptions for 37 yards ... two receptions in games vs. California and Utah. 2007: 20 receptions for the season, including a career-high five at Arizona State ... scored touchdowns against ASU, Stanford and WSU ... started all 13 games. 2006: One of six true-freshmen to play ... made his lone reception, a three-yard catch, in his first collegiate game against Eastern Washington. WOODROW WILSON: Three-year varsity letterman ... started at tight end the last two years and at defensive end as a sophomore until an appendix operation ended his season ... 42 receptions for 517 yards and three touchdowns as a senior ... two-time first team All-Moore League and Long Beach Press Telegram's Dream Team as a senior ... also lettered three years in basketball ... team captain as a senior in both sports. PERSONAL: Born in Long Beach, California ... son of Howard and Sharon Croom ... has three siblings ... Sylvester Croom, the former head coach at Mississippi State and current running backs coach with the St. Louis Rams, is a second cousin ... his sister, Ashton, was a softball player at Hampton University ... chose OSU because "I liked the area and it feels like home" ... majoring in sociology and scheduled to graduate in March. CROOM'S CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS
Year Rec. Yds TD Long
2008 6 37 0 17
2007 20 188 3 18
2006 1 3 0 3
Total 27 228 3 18
CROOM'S RECEIVING GAME-BY-GAME (2008 -- played in all 13 games)
No. Yds TD LG
USC 1 2 0 2
Utah 2 8 0 6
California 2 10 0 8
Oregon 1 17 0 17
CROOM'S RECEIVING GAME-BY-GAME (2007 - played in all 13 games)
No Yds TD LG
Utah 1 12 0 12
Cincinnati 3 43 0 18
Arizona State 5 37 1 14
Arizona 1 9 0 9
Stanford 3 24 1 17
USC 2 21 0 18
Washington State2 14 1 13
Oregon 3 28 0 12
