Tennessee freshman LB Quavaris Crouch not new to overcoming tough times

Associated Press photo by Wade Payne / Tennessee freshman linebacker Quavaris Crouch (27) pursues BYU wide receiver Micah Simon during their teams' game at Neyland Stadium on Sept. 7. Associated Press photo by Wade Payne / Tennessee freshman linebacker Quavaris Crouch (27) pursues BYU wide receiver Micah Simon during their teams' game at Neyland Stadium on Sept. 7.

By Gene Henley September 26, 2019 4 min read

KNOXVILLE – Quavaris Crouch believes history can repeat itself.

During his first two football seasons at Harding University High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, the team won a combined six games, including just one his freshman year. When he was a junior, the Rams won the 2017 Class 4A state championship.

Crouch is now a freshman linebacker at the University of Tennessee, and with the Volunteers off to a 1-3 start this season, he hopes to help lead a similar turnaround.

“In high school we lost all the time,” Crouch said Wednesday. “I’m used to having adversity, so this right now is not bothering me because I’m used to being able to build something. We’ll get everybody to buy in.

“I’m used to starting and building something and it becoming big.”