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2025 Guide: What Ourlads’ NFL Scouting Services said about KITAN CRAWFORD:
Nevada | Hometown: Tyler, TX | HT: 5105 | WT: 202 | 40 time: 4.41 | Hand: 0912 | Arm: 3114 | Wing: 7514
One-year starter. Transfer from Texas prior to the 2024 season. Honorable mention All-Mountain West in 2024. Typically aligned as two-high safety in heavy quarters scheme with some single-high assignments. Light frame and lacking length, but what he lacks in size he makes up for with his aggressive playstyle and smarts. Smooth backpedal with little tightness in his lower half. Lightning quick reaction time matched with processing speed to recognize play designs and puts himself in position regularly. Fluid hips to flip around his frame and change direction quickly. Violent in catch-man and will disrupt the timing of the route. Solid man technique when tracking hips to stay in-phase throughout the route. Explosive out of his stance to break on the ball rapidly. Solid closing space to make ground when receivers separate. Runs through receivers to disrupt passes at the catchpoint. Quick to trigger downhill versus the run and will fly into blockers to knock them back. Solid lateral agility to scrape across the line and leverage the ball carrier. Flashes technique and strength to bring big ball carriers to the ground in space. Turns on the burners as a blitzer and will take on any contact to get to the quarterback. Stars on special teams and will make an immediate impact. Looks back at the quarterback out-of-phase limiting his recovery speed in man coverage. Length and size deficiencies show up in a number of areas on defense. Short arms make it difficult to disengage from blocks, and he can get overpowered. Needs to wrap up more consistently on tackling attempts. Only one full season of starting experience.
2024 Stats: 76 T, 3 TFL, 7 PBU, 1 QBH, 1 FF, 2 INT (1 TD). OSR:2/16. VJ-41.5, SS-4.03. Draft projection: 7th round/PFA