Jason Crooks won two Iowa High School State Wrestling titles, was a 1995 Asics Tiger High School All-American, and was a two-time all-state football player at Fort Madison (IA) Hig...view moreJason Crooks won two Iowa High School State Wrestling titles, was a 1995 Asics Tiger High School All-American, and was a two-time all-state football player at Fort Madison (IA) High School. Crooks was invited to walk-on to the University of Iowa football program in the fall of 1995. He rose from sixth to second-team linebacker on the depth charts in one year, and saw playing time during the 1996 season, including the Hawkeyes 27-0 shutout of Texas Tech in the 1996 Alamo Bowl.
Crooks has done sportswriting for The Jamestown Sun, the Fort Madison Daily Democrat, and “Iowa’s Oldest Newspaper,” The Hawk Eye. He lives and works in Tennessee, with his wife and four children.view less