Personal
He is the son of former Buffalo Bills player Carlester Crumpler and younger brother of former Seattle Seahawks and Minnesota Vikings tight end Carlester Crumpler Jr.. Alge is named after his father's favorite book, Flowers for Algernon.
In a 2012 interview, Star Wars novelist and BioWare video game writer Drew Karpyshyn jokingly says Crumpler's name sounds like "some kind of monster crawling up from the depths of a mystical swamp," as in "Ah – look out! It’s the Alge Crumpler!"
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