2016 Football Roster
Roster
Croom, Jason

Jersey Number 18
Jason Croom
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 246
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Norcross, Ga.
- High School:
- Norcross
Bio
CAREER HIGHS
- Receptions - 7 at Vanderbilt, 11/26/16
- Receiving Yards - 87 vs. Kentucky, 11/15/14
- Touchdowns - 1 six times, last vs. Missouri, 11/22/14
- Long Reception - 52 vs. Kentucky, 11/15/14
2016 - R-SENIOR
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- 2016 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 12/6
- Started at TE vs. Nebraska (12/30) in the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl and caught two passes for 38 yards
- Started at TE at Vanderbilt (11/26) and had career-high seven catches, totaling 38 yards/li>
- Started at TE vs. Missouri (11/19); one catch for 18 yards/li>
- Started at TE against Kentucky (11/12) and made key blocks as the Vols rushed for 376 yards (most in an SEC game since 406 vs. Vanderbilt in 1994)/li>
- Caught one pass for seven yards vs. Tennessee Tech (11/5)
- Started at TE and caught two passes for 22 yards, including long of 17, at South Carolina (10/29)
- Matched season-high with three catches for 41 yards at Texas A&M (10/8), including long of 26 in third quarter
- Had one catch for 15 yards and made first start of the season vs. Florida (9/24), ninth of career and first since starting at receiver vs. Missouri on Nov. 22, 2014. Marked the first time UT had started in a two-TE set since Nov. 15, 2014 vs. Kentucky (Daniel Helm, Alex Ellis)
- Reeled in three catches for 54 yards vs. Ohio (9/17)
- Had one catch for nine yards vs. Virginia Tech (9/10)
- Changed position from WR to TE in spring 2016
2015 - R-JUNIOR
- Sidelined with a scope on his knee, announced by Butch Jones on Aug. 27, on the heels of missing the 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl with a knee injury suffered in 2014
2014 - R-SOPHOMORE
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- 2014 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 12/1
- Played in 12 games with one start at receiver
- Had 21 catches for 305 yards with four touchdowns
- Suffered a knee injury prior to TaxSlayer Bowl vs. Iowa (1/2) and missed the game
- Scored touchdowns in three consecutive games at South Carolina (11/1), Kentucky (11/15) and Missouri (11/22)
- Had a catch in 12 consecutive games from Sept. 14, 2013 thru Sept. 6, 2014
- Caught a 4-yard touchdown in the late fourth quarter vs. #19 Missouri (11/22); had three catches for 10 yards
- Scored career long 52-yard touchdown as part of career high 87 receiving yards on three catches vs. Kentucky (11/15)
- Game-tying touchdown catch on a 9-yard reception with 11 seconds left in regulation at South Carolina (11/1) as part of two catches for 20 yards
- Career high of six catches for 76 receiving yards vs. Chattanooga (10/11), both team highs in the game
- Four catches for 60 yards at #12/13 Georgia (9/27), including as 23-yard touchdown catch
- 12-game catch streak ended at #4/3 Oklahoma (9/13)
- Had a catch for 11 yards vs. Arkansas State (9/6)
- Opened 2014 with two catches for 41 yards in win over Utah State (8/31)
2013 - R-FRESHMAN
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- 2013 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 12/7
- Played in all 12 games, started seven times in 2013
- Fourth on team in catches (18) and third in receiving yards (269) along with two touchdowns (at Oregon and at Kentucky)
- 74 receiving yards on two catches at Kentucky (11/30) including second-career touchdown on a 43-yard juggling catch; suffered broken collar bone on second catch of the game
- Third game in a row with two catches, for 15 yards, vs. #7 Auburn (11/9)
- Two receptions for second game in a row at #10 Missouri (11/2), for 32 yards
- Two catches for 12 yards at #1 Alabama (10/26)
- Clutch 23-yard catch for first down in win over #11 South Carolina (10/19)
- Two catches, both for first downs, vs. homestate #6 Georgia (10/5) for 25 yards
- Three catches for 50 yards vs. South Alabama (9/28)
- Two catches for 31 yards at #19 Florida (9/21)
- First-career catch for first-career touchdown on a 4-yard catch at #2 Oregon (9/14)
- Took a medical redshirt season in 2012 after suffering a shoulder injury
2012 - FRESHMAN
- 2012 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 3/0
- Redshirt season after suffering a shoulder injury
- Made college debut against Georgia State (9/8/12)
HIGH SCHOOL
- 247sports: 4-star (No. 178 prospect nationally, No. 20 overall wide receiver, No. 15 prospect in Georgia)
- ESPN: 3-star (No. 54 overall wide receiver, No. 44 prospect in Georgia, No. 54 prospect in Southeast)
- Rivals: 4-star (No. 246 prospect nationally, No. 41 overall wide receiver, No. 19 prospect in Georgia)
- Scout: 4-star (No. 44 overall wide receiver)
- Recorded 34 catches for 688 yards and 10 touchdowns as a senior at Norcross High School
- As a junior, totaled 30 catches for 506 yards and four TDs
- Competed in the Offense-Defense All-American Bowl
- 2011 Rivals.com U.S. Army National All-Combine Second Team selection
- Rivals250 and Top247 member
- Selected to the 2011 Super Southeast 120 by the Mobile (Ala.) Register
- Also competed in basketball and track and won state championship in basketball
- Coach at Norcross: Keith Maloof
PERSONAL
- Full Name: Jason Isaiah-Labron Croom
- Born Feburary 28, 1994
- Son of Karen Croom-Terry and Terence Terry Jr.
- Majoring in Sociology
- Recipient of the Emmon Love Athletic Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Recipient of Condredge Holloway Athletic Endowment
CAREER HIGHS
- Receptions - 6 vs. Chattanooga, 10/11/14
- Receiving Yards - 87 vs. Kentucky, 11/15/14
- Touchdowns - 1 six times, last vs. Missouri, 11/22/14
- >Long Reception - 52 vs. Kentucky, 11/15/14
FB | Cinematic Recap vs. Syracuse (8.30.25)
Tuesday, September 02
FB | Willie Martinez Press Conference (9.2.25)
Tuesday, September 02
FB | Joey Halzle Press Conference (9.2.25)
Tuesday, September 02
FB | Josh Heupel Press Conference (9.1.25)
Monday, September 01