| No. 36 – Arizona Cardinals | |||||||
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| Position | Safety | ||||||
| Roster status | Active | ||||||
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| Born | December 31, 2001 Tyler, Texas, U.S. | ||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||
| Weight | 202 lb (92 kg) | ||||||
| Career information | |||||||
| High school | Tyler (TX) | ||||||
| College | Texas (2020–2023) Nevada (2024) | ||||||
| NFL draft | 2025: 7th round, 225th overall pick | ||||||
| Career history | |||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 8, 2025 | |||||||
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Kitan Crawford (born December 31, 2001) is an American professional football safety for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorns and Nevada Wolf Pack and was selected by the Cardinals in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL draft.
Crawford attended Tyler High School in Tyler, Texas. As a junior he totaled 30 tackles, 12 pass deflections, and two interceptions. [1] As a senior, Crawford recorded 1,065 yards and 13 touchdowns. [2] Coming out of high school, he was rated as a four-star recruit, the 24th player in the state of Texas, and the 159th overall prospect, and committed to play college football for the Texas Longhorns over offers from schools such as Arkansas, Baylor, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. [3]
As a freshman at Texas in 2020, Crawford appeared in ten games, including the Alamo Bowl, where he tallied seven tackles with one being for a loss. [4]
In 2021, he recorded just five tackles for Texas in 10 games. [5]
In 2022, Crawford appeared in 13 games, including another appearance in the Alamo Bowl, with one start. He notched 25 tackles and a pass deflection for the Longhorns. [6]
In 2023, he again appeared in 13 games, including the Big 12 Championship game and the College Football Playoff semifinals. In week 2 of the 2023 season, he tallied five tackles in an upset win over Alabama. [7] In the 2023 Big 12 Championship Game, Crawford hauled in his first career interception in a win over Oklahoma State. [8] He finished the 2023 season with 24 tackles with one being for a loss, two pass deflections, and an interception. [9] After the season, Crawford entered his name into the NCAA transfer portal. [9]
Crawford transferred to play for the Nevada Wolf Pack. [10] As a senior he started in all 13 games for the Wolf Pack, where he recorded 76 tackles with three being for a loss, seven pass deflections, two interceptions, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, and a touchdown. [11]
After the 2024 season, Crawford declared for the 2025 NFL draft and participated in the 2025 Hula Bowl. [12] He also accepted an invite to participate in the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine. [11] [13]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | |||
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| 5 ft 10+5⁄8 in (1.79 m) | 202 lb (92 kg) | 31 in (0.79 m) | 9+1⁄2 in (0.24 m) | 4.41 s | 1.52 s | 4.03 s | 6.81 s | 41.5 in (1.05 m) | 10 ft 8 in (3.25 m) | |||
| All values from NFL Combine [14] [15] [16] | ||||||||||||
Crawford was selected by the Arizona Cardinals with the 225th pick in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL draft. [17] [18] He was signed by the Cardinals and made the 2025 roster, making his NFL debut on September 7, 2025. [19]