Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-10vs Southeast Missouri State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-16@ Iowa | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Total | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
#92
Caden Crawford
Senior defensive end on Iowa State's 2026 roster.
6′4″ · 251 lb · Lansing, KS · Lansing
Returning to Iowa State for 2026
The numbers
0
sacks · 2026
5 tackles
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 3 tackles, at Iowa
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive end on Iowa State's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Iowa in 2022.
- Transferred from Iowa to South Dakota in 2025.
Caden Crawford
Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Iowa — Week 2, 2026.
5 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2022
- Signed with Iowa3-star out of Lansing
2025
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coaches2024
Iowa State
2026era →
Jimmy Rogers
Iowa State
Coaching transition mid-career: Matt Campbell → Jimmy Rogers. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024Iowa8-5HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2026Iowa State1-1HC: Jimmy Rogers · Run-heavy, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 2.5 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.5 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jimmy Rogers
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Iowa State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Iowa | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 38–10
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Iowa State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive end · Iowa State
Returning around him
- 1 Iowa State player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -7 net (48 in / 55 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Iowa State · Last season: 8-4 (AP #22) · Talent rank #68 · 2026 recruiting class #54
Background
Awards & Honors Second Team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference (2025) MVFC All-Newcomer Team (2025) Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (S26) 2025 (at South Dakota) Played and started all 15 games in lone season with the Coyotes … earned Second Team All- MVFC honors and a spot on the all-newcom...
The defensive line · Iowa State
- #88Isaac Terrell12 tackles for loss · 2025
- #98Malaki Ta'ase4 tackles for loss · 2025
- #99Bryson Lamb3.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #55Jace J. Gilbert3 tackles for loss · 2025
- #92Caden Crawford2 games · 2026
16 more on the roster · Iowa State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology