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Six years after winning the Heisman Trophy, Eric Crouch is still looking forward to his best football.
The former Nebraska quarterback is entering his second season in the Canadian Football League and he said he’s found contentment with the Toronto Argonauts.
“I’m trying to win that starting spot,” Crouch said Tuesday in Omaha, Neb. “I’m not there to sit on the bench and hope we win. I would like to be the quarterback that helps win games and helps win a Grey Cup this year.”
Crouch appeared in three games last year before a shoulder injury ended his season. He isamong five quarterbacks on the preseason roster.
Toronto offensive coordinator Steve Buratto said incumbent Damon Allen will go into camp No. 1, but must prove he can play at 43 years old, and that Crouch has a chance.
“The things we like to do most are the things that require an athletic kind of quarterback,” Buratto said. “He fits that mold.”
Though Buratto’s system requires passing, it features many of the tenets of the triple-option offense Crouch ran at Nebraska under Frank Solich.
“His background isn’t in dropping straight back and throwing,” Buratto said. “When we’re at our best, our quarterback isn’t always dropping straight back and throwing. We want him to make defenses worry about him.”
Six years after winning the Heisman Trophy, Eric Crouch is still looking forward to his best football.
The former Nebraska quarterback is entering his second season in the Canadian Football League and he said he’s found contentment with the Toronto Argonauts.
“I’m trying to win that starting spot,” Crouch said Tuesday in Omaha, Neb. “I’m not there to sit on the bench and hope we win. I would like to be the quarterback that helps win games and helps win a Grey Cup this year.”
Crouch appeared in three games last year before a shoulder injury ended his season. He isamong five quarterbacks on the preseason roster.
Toronto offensive coordinator Steve Buratto said incumbent Damon Allen will go into camp No. 1, but must prove he can play at 43 years old, and that Crouch has a chance.
“The things we like to do most are the things that require an athletic kind of quarterback,” Buratto said. “He fits that mold.”
Though Buratto’s system requires passing, it features many of the tenets of the triple-option offense Crouch ran at Nebraska under Frank Solich.
“His background isn’t in dropping straight back and throwing,” Buratto said. “When we’re at our best, our quarterback isn’t always dropping straight back and throwing. We want him to make defenses worry about him.”
