Randy Crowder 1952-2025: Played for Miami Dolphins for 3 seasons

AI-assisted summary Crowder and another former Dolphin were arrested and convicted on drug charges in 1977, causing him to miss that season.

Randy Crowder, a former Miami Dolphins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive lineman who missed an entire season following a drug conviction, has died, the Dolphins announced on May 21.

Crowder, who was 72, was Miami's sixth-round pick in the 1974 NFL Draft.

His son, Channing , was drafted by the Dolphins in the third round in 2005 out of Florida; they remain the only father-son duo drafted by Miami.

Channing is currently a talk show host on WQAM 560.

No cause of death was announced.

Randy Crowder played three seasons for the Dolphins before his arrest, seeing action in 39 games, starting 25 and recording 12.5 sacks.

He signed with the Bucs after he was released and played for them for three more seasons, including 1979 when they lost to the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Championship Game, falling one game short of the Super Bowl.

After retiring from Tampa Bay, Crowder was hired as the defensive line coach at Penn State, his alma mater, where he coached for two seasons on Joe Paterno's staff.

Crowder missed the 1977 NFL season after he and another former Dolphins player, Don Reese, were convicted and sentenced to one year in jail after being arrested for selling one pound of cocaine to an undercover policeman.

They pleaded no contest, and Circuit Judge Joseph Durant withheld adjudication as part of a plea-bargain agreement..

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