Tyrell Crosby file

High school: Green Valley

College: Oregon

College highlights: Did not allow a quarterback sack or quarterback hit during his senior season. Was named first team All-pacific-12 Conference and awarded the Morris Trophy, emblematic of the conference’s top offensive lineman.

NFL draft prospectus: Considered one of the top offensive tackles who also has the versatility to play guard. Fierce run blocker. Rated the No. 4 offensive tackle by the NFL Network, No. 2 by ESPN. Projected as a high second-round pick.

much,” he said of his self-effacing ethos.

During his senior season at Oregon, Crosby was on the field for 844 plays, none of which resulted in a Ducks quarterback being sacked or having his feathers ruffled. He was named first team All-pac-12. He was the starting left tackle for the North team in the Senior Bowl.

During practice, when an Ohio State defensive end of some renown named Jalyn Holmes tried to make a quick move and halt Crosby’s string of protecting the passer, Crosby almost knocked the Buckeye leaves right off his helmet before planting Holmes like a petunia.

“Holy (expletive),” one of coaches can be heard calling out to Holmes on the video. “Are you all right?”

Crosby didn’t tell me any of this. His Las Vegas-based agent, Steve Caric, was the source.

But when asked if he had ever run with a football, Crosby lit up like Oregon’s home uniforms about a tackle-eligible pass he caught during a spring game.

“It gained 1 yard,” he said.

“Do you remember the brave soul who made the tackle?” I asked.

“It was pretty much the entire defense.”

Priorities in order

For the final game of his freshman season, he was the starting left tackle in the national championship matchup against Ohio State. For the final game of his senior season, he switched from jersey No. 73 to No. 58 for the Las Vegas Bowl against Boise State to honor the Route 91 Harvest festival victims.

“Even though I wasn’t there, I felt like I was there — all my friends were affected by it,” Crosby said.

It probably should come as no surprise, then, that the big man with the modest appetite and diverse interests said he will forsake being the guest of honor at a draft party to hear his name called and taken off the big board.

“Football is a great hobby. If you can go play pro, it’s a great job to have. But at the end of the day, it’s football,” said Crosby, still wearing a #Vegasstrong wristband given to him by the mother of a friend who was there when the shooting started.

“You’ve got to realize that life is about a lot more important things.”

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