Tyrone Crawford drafted by Dallas Cowboys

Tyrone Crawford from Windsor Catholic Central was selected in the third round on Friday by the Dallas Cowboys. Tyrone was the starting center on the Catholic Central team that won the AAA OFSAA Gold in 2006 over Vaughn Road and the OFSAA Silver in 2007. He was also the starting center for Team Ontario that defeated British Columbia with Sacre.

Not to mention the several OFSAA gold medals in the Shot Put.

Tyrone played DE at Boise State (along with high school team mate Mike Atkinson who will be eligible for the draft next year) and led the team in tackles for losses.

Congratulations to Tyrone, his family and WCC! Tyrone was a beast on the court and likely an even bigger beast on the field. He has definitely worked hard in anything that he has endeavoured to conquer. We wish you all the best of luck in your NFL career.

Henry Carr also had a football player drafted. Philip Blake (Center, Baylor University) was drafted in the 4th round by the Denver Broncos. This will be an interesting transition for Blake. He will go from snapping the ball to speedy Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III to snapping the ball to Peyton Manning, one of the best NFL QBs to ever line up under center. Best of luck to Philip as well!

Coach Melnik

Coach Melnik:

Very cool!! Congratulations!!

Did Philip also play basketball? We played you a few times in the past few years, it would be interesting to have seen two future NFL'ers on the same hardwood court. I'll bet that hasn't happened too often.