NFF National Scholar-Athletes

Derek Crittenden

  • School
    Montana
  • Induction
    2015

Montana – Defensive End
Chemistry – 4.00 GPA
Head Coach: Bob Stitt
Athletics Director: Kent Haslam

-2015 Rhodes Scholarship finalist with a perfect 4.0 GPA

-2015 FCS ADA Academic All-Star, 2014 Second Team Academic All-American and four-time Academic All-Big Sky selection

-Team captain has played in every game of his career and helped Grizzlies to second round of FCS playoffs in 2013 and 2014

-Performed more than 100 hours of community service and is forming a “Student-Athletes Against Sexual Violence” initiative at Montana

-The Whitefish, Mo., native becomes the fourth NFF National Scholar-Athlete from Montana

-Now serves as a Product Marketer for Medtronic in Connecticut