2017 Football Roster
Jersey Number 25
Justin Crawford
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Columbus, Ga.
- High School:
- Hardaway HS
- Prev School:
- NW Mississippi CC
- Big 12 Newcomer of the Year (Coaches, ESPN.com, Athlon Sports)
- All-Big 12 Second Team (AP, ESPN.com)
- Doak Walker Award Watch List
2016 (Jr.)
- Played in all 13 games in 2016 and started four
- Ranked No. 1 in the Big 12 and sixth nationally in rushing yards per carry, averaging 7.3 yards
- Ranked No. 3 in the Big 12 and No. 38 nationally in rushing yards, with 1,184
- Ranked No. 4 in the Big 12 and No. 42 nationally in rushing with 91.1 yards per game
- Ranked No. 12 in the Big 12 in all-purpose yards, averaging 96.3 per game
- Finished with five 100+ yard rushing performances, two for 200 or more yards and one for more than 300 yards
- Ran for 209 yards with a career-long 63-yard run vs. Baylor
- Had a career-best 331 yards, third-most in a game in school history, with a career-long of 61 against Oklahoma
- Had a then career- and game-best 129 rushing yards with one TD and a career-long run of 37 yards vs. Kansas
- Team-high 13 carries at Oklahoma State, finishing with 80 yards with a long of 20 yards
- Recorded first career multiple TD game with one rushing and one receiving score at Texas Tech; touchdown reception was the first of his career
- Gained a game- and career-best 104 yards rushing against Kansas State for second career 100-yard game; scored on a one-yard TD run
- Finished with a team-high 86 yards rushing against BYU
- Finished with 101 yards rushing on 21 carries against Missouri, becoming the first Mountaineer to gain 100+ yards rushing in his career debut since Charles Sims ran for 120 yards on 23 attempts against William & Mary on Aug. 31, 2013
2015 (So.) - Northwest Mississippi CC
- Led Northwest to its first junior college national championship since 1992
- 2015 Spalding NJCAA Offensive Player of the Year
- Two-time NJCAA All-American, all-region and All-MACJC First-Team selection
- Two-year career totals at Northwest CC show 3,161 yards rushing, an average of 6.7 yards per rush and 30 touchdowns
- Had 41 receptions for 700 yards and six scores
- Averaged more than 20 carries per game for his career and is the school’s all-time leading rusher
- Averaged more than 220 all-purpose yards per game in two-year career
- As a sophomore, rushed for 1,610 yards, averaging 6.5 yards per carry and 16 touchdowns, to go along with 29 receptions for 394 yards and six TD’s
- Rushed for a school record 338 yards and four touchdowns against Coahoma
- Totaled more than 200 yards rushing in three other games
- MACJC Player of the Week on multiple occasions
- Three-star recruit by 247 Sports, Rivals, Scout and ESPN
- 247Sports ranks him as the No. 34 best prospect in junior college, No. 3 running back and No. 6 JC prospect in Mississippi
- Member of the Rivals Top 100 as their No. 34 top junior college prospect
- Participated in the 2014 Nike Football Training Camp
2014 (Fr.) - Northwest Mississippi CC
- Played for coach Jack Wright
- As a freshman, totaled 1,551 yards rushing and 14 touchdowns
- His 1,551 yards led the state of Mississippi and was fourth overall in JC
- Finished with 12 receptions for 306 yards
High School
- Played his junior and senior seasons of high school football for coach Jeff Battles at Hardaway High in Columbus, Georgia
- Took snaps as a quarterback, running back, receiver, safety and was the team’s starting punter during his career at Hardaway
- Team’s offensive player of the year as a senior, having 825 yards rushing, averaging 8.6 yards per carry and seven touchdowns
- Participated in track and was the Georgia High School State 5A long jump champion (22’ 19”)
- Basketball standout at Hardaway, averaging more than 12.0 points per game as a senior
- Scout ranked him as the nation’s No. 42 best running back coming out of high school
- Played freshman and sophomore seasons at Gainesville High in Florida
Personal
- Birthday is February 19
- Wife, Kenya and sons, Jaydense and Justin Jr.
- Son of Daphne Crawford
- One of seven children
- Majoring in multidisciplinary studies
TV Highlights: Houston Game
Sunday, November 02
Scotty Fox Jr. | Nov. 1
Saturday, November 01
Diore Hubbard | Nov. 1
Saturday, November 01
Jordan Scruggs | Nov. 1
Saturday, November 01
