Keyron Crawford

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Keyron Crawford
No. 24  Auburn Tigers
Position Linebacker
ClassSophomore
Personal information
Born (2003-10-17) October 17, 2003 (age 22) [1]
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight255 lb (116 kg)
Career information
High school Briarcrest Christian School (Eads, Tennessee)
College
Stats at ESPN

Keyron Crawford (born October 17, 2003) [1] is an American college football linebacker for the Auburn Tigers. He previously played for the Arkansas State Red Wolves.

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Early life

Crawford attended Raleigh-Egypt High School in Raleigh, Memphis, for three years before transferring to Briarcrest Christian School in Eads, Tennessee, for his senior year. He played basketball in high school and did not start playing football until his senior year. [2] In that season, he was named the regional defensive MVP after recording 78 tackles and 14 sacks. [3]

College career

As a true freshman at Arkansas State University in 2022 [4] , Crawford played in 10 games and had 14 tackles. As a sophomore in 2023, he started all 13 games at defensive end and had 44 tackles and 5.5 sacks.

After the season, Crawford transferred to Auburn University. [5] [6] In his first season at Auburn in 2024, he had 22 tackles over 12 games. As a senior in 2025, Crawford became a starter at linebacker. [7] [8]

References

  1. 1 2 @KeyronCrawford3 (October 16, 2021). "Birthday tomorrow 🤙🏽‼️🔞" (Tweet). Retrieved October 28, 2025 via Twitter.
  2. Varlas, John (September 3, 2021). "Briarcrest player thankful for chance to continue". Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian.
  3. Rauterkus, Peter (September 16, 2025). "Keyron Crawford played one year of high school football. Now he's an Auburn standout". AL.com.
  4. Collier, Clayton (January 5, 2022). "Keyron Crawford's unlikely path to college football and Arkansas State". localmemphis.com.
  5. Silva, Richard (April 22, 2024). "Auburn football continues building up front, adds transfer edge defender Keyron Crawford". Montgomery Advertiser.
  6. Lee, Ainslie (August 15, 2024). "Keyron Crawford may give Auburn football something it hasn't had in a while". AL.com.
  7. Cole, Adam (July 3, 2025). "Auburn football summer report: Will Keyron Crawford become Tigers' de facto pass rusher?". Montgomery Advertiser.
  8. Humphhrey, Jerry III (August 19, 2025). "How Keldric Faulk and Keyron Crawford guided this Auburn pass-rusher's recovery journey". AL.com.