{"id":5488,"date":"2010-02-03T22:29:12","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T05:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=5488"},"modified":"2010-02-03T22:29:12","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T05:29:12","slug":"crockom-inks-with-idaho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=5488","title":{"rendered":"Crockom Inks with Idaho"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mitchell Crockom is heading to Idaho<\/p><\/div>\n

(Alhambra) \u2013 Alhambra\u2019s Mitchell Crockom had a big decision to make. He started receiving offers last summer from places like New Mexico State and UNLV. More offers continued to roll from schools across the country including pitches from Eastern Michigan and Wyoming who made late runs. But Idaho was the winner as the 6\u20192\u201d receiver committed to play for the Vandals Wednesday.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m excited. My whole family is excited. I went out there with my dad in December and I really liked it,\u201d Crockom said. \u201cIt had that small town feel. It was a real good fit.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Crockom was impressed with Coach Robb Akey and his staff. He also liked the type of offense that the Vandals run.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u201cThey have a real good quarterback and they run the run and shoot offense. It\u2019s real exciting,\u201d Crockom said. \u201cCoach Akey does a great job. They have a good receivers coach in Luther Carr. I\u2019m looking forward to working with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Despite the numerous offers it wasn\u2019t as tough as a decision as people might think.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u201cI pretty much knew I wanted to go there after the visit in December. It seemed like home,\u201d Crockom said.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Idaho finished 8-5 last year including a dramatic 43-42 win over Bowling Green in the Humanitarian Bowl.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Crockom caught 43 passes in 2009 for the Moors for 672 yards and scored 9 touchdowns. Although receiver is his best position and he is expected to be lining up wide for Idaho, Crockom indicated that he could see time on the defensive side of the ball as well.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u201cThey said I could also play corner or safety so you never know. I\u2019m just ready for some Idaho football,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Crockom will be missed at Alhambra and the feeling is mutual.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u201cCoach Gil Ruedaflores is a great coach and he and the staff did a great job. They prepared me well,\u201d Crockom added.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Crcokom just got back from the gym before he spoke to me.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u201cI want to get myself in the best shape possible. I want to hit the ground running,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Crockom will pack his bags in late June and head off to Idaho to begin the new chapter in his life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Alhambra) \u2013 Alhambra\u2019s Mitchell Crockom had a big decision to make. He started receiving offers last summer from places like New Mexico State and UNLV. More offers continued to roll from schools across the country including pitches from Eastern Michigan and Wyoming who made late runs. But Idaho was the winner as the 6\u20192\u201d receiver […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[100,99,2045,2047,418,2046],"class_list":["post-5488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-school-sports","tag-alhambra","tag-gil-ruedaflores","tag-idaho","tag-luther-carr","tag-mitchell-crockom","tag-robb-akey"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5492,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5488\/revisions\/5492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}