this guy's name is mckenzie mac crowder, 23 years old, investigators say he bonded out a few hours ago, bond set at $50,000 so he's a free man this morning. this 23-year-old football star started an on-line conversation with what he thought was a 14- year-old girl, turns out that 14-year-old girl was a detective. he didn't find that out until he showed up yesterday for sex and that is when he was arrested. investigators say this 23-year- old mckenzie crowder began on- line conversations beginning january 21st. detectives say he he made arrangements to meet with the minor tuesday in pinellas county. during the interviews doctors say he admitted to sending four photos and admitted he knew he was communicating with a 14- year-old or what he thought was a 14-year-old. if you can come back to us live we did a bit of research and checked the university of tennessee's web site. crowder was displayed prominently here, not only was he accomplished on the football field but off it. the past two years he was an sec academic honor roll. pretty smart kid doing something that definitely wasn't so sm

detectives say for weeks this 23-year-old football star, mckenzie mac crowder thought he was talking on-line to a 14- year-old girl. while investigators say he even sent this teen four, i repeat, four explicit pictures and when he showed up for sex he discovered he's actually been going back and forth with detectives and not a 14-year- old girl. during that interview detectives say crowder admitted to sending those four photos and admitted that he knew he was communicating with someone that he believed to be 14 years old. back here live investigators say that this was all a part of a major sting to lure in adults who have actually been going on- line to actually try to have sex with teens. another interesting side note to the story as we've been searching the web site on the university of tennessee there it turns out that this player participated in the outback first time he's been in this area in the past few months. for now reporting live in pinellas county, rodney dunigan, abc action news. >>> in a few hours a cape coral man accused of preying on local children will face a judge h