The first time Maxx Crosby met with his coaches at Eastern Michigan, he stunned them.
Not with his quick twitch off the line. Not with his knack for leaving quarterbacks on the ground. Not with a ferocity that earned him the nickname “Mad Maxx.”
Chris Creighton was stunned because it was June, and just five months prior the EMU head coach had watched Crosby play high school basketball weighing around 250 pounds. Now Crosby sat in front of Creighton on Eastern Michigan’s campus, 40 pounds lighter, forced to explain himself.
“We were definitely concerned,” Creighton said.