Five years after he last played professionally, Eric Crouch will return to the gridiron. The Omaha World-Herald reports that Crouch will sign with the UFL’s Omaha Nighthawks at a press conference today. Crouch had performed at a mini-camp with the team last month, hoping to make a comeback to professional football. The former Husker and 2001 Heisman Trophy winner hasn’t thrown a pass in a professional game since a brief stint in the Canadian Football League with the Toronto Argonauts in 2006. Crouch was a third-round draft pick of the St. Louis Rams, in 2002 but never appeared in an NFL game. He’ll compete for Omaha’s starting quarterback role vacated by last year’s starter, Jeff Garcia. Crouch isn’t the only Husker to ink a contract with the Nighthawks – the team has also signed wide receiver Maurice Purify.