East Michigan Tabs Raiders’ Maxx Crosby as Assistant GM

Las Vegas Raiders Standout Pass Rusher Maxx Crosby was appointed assistant to the CEO of East Michigan Football program, university announced on Monday.

Crosby is the first active NFL player to hold the position. It will help East Michigan to evaluate the prospects for high school and portals, manage their Budget of the Nile and also serve as a special fundraising assistant, relationships with graduates and support of students-sports.

“For my personal and athletic development, there is no more important place than the East Michigan University,” Crosby said in a statement issued by a school. “It is really an honor for me not only to be named GM Emu assistant, but together with my wife Rachel, provided another gift aimed at creating opportunities for other athletes to be influenced by the EMU, community, students and graduates.”

Crosby is one of the best defensive players who have ever left East Michigan. In three seasons he set a record of the program with 20 career bags and his 41 loss solutions are the third most in the history of the school.

Crosby, the selection of the fourth round in 2019, recorded 59.5 bags with robbers in six seasons. In this offseason he was rewarded by robbers, signed a three -year extension of the contract by $ 106.5 million in March.

In addition to his role as an assistant to the CEO for EMU, Crosby also launched “Maxx Match”, a challenge for fundraising, in which he will personally compare all gifts to the Eastern Michigan football program, up to $ 100,000 until the end of May.

In 2023, Crosby and his wife Rachel donated a football program $ 1 million.

“The return of Maxx Crosby to EMU in this leading role is a transformative moment for our football program,” said Scott Wetherbee, athletic director. “His passion, vision and generosity are inspiring and the Maxx match is a powerful example. … With him on board we build a better football program and a stronger future for athletics EMU.”

While Crosby is the first NFL player to accept administrative work with the NCAA team, he is not the only athlete. Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry became Davidson College CEOHis alma mater, last month.