#36

DaShawn Crawford

Senior defensive lineman for Southern Miss. 2021: 1.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 17 tackles.

DL · Southern Miss · Sr. · #36

6′0″ · 290 lb · Bay Springs, MS

CFB Index 16 · #344 of 370 edge rushersLow confidenceSouthern Miss 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 74 nationally · Joined Virginia Tech

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Southern Miss. 2021: 1.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 17 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Virginia Tech in 2019.
Transferred from Virginia Tech to Southern Miss in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Southern Miss, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201911 games

Signed with Virginia Tech3-star out of Jones College

20219 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#74 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

3 coaches

2019

Jay Hopson

Southern Miss

2020

Scotty Walden

Southern Miss

era →

2021

Will Hall

Southern Miss

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Jay Hopson, Scotty Walden, and Will Hall. Multi-era developmental context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Virginia Tech8-5HC: Justin Fuente · Run-heavy

2020Virginia Tech5-6HC: Justin Fuente · Run-heavy

2021Southern Miss3-9HC: Will Hall · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

16Below cohort / limited sample #344 of 370?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (84th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (9th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#323 / 2743 · 84th pct

Sacks#704 / 2743 · 72nd pct

1.5

Tackles for loss#794 / 2743 · 69th pct

4.0

Tackles#2148 / 2743 · 20th pct

Passes defended#1695 / 2743 · 19th pct

Solo tackles#2441 / 2743 · 9th pct

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

2021 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.0	0.4	0.3	0.0
Road4g	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	0.5	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	1.5	0.4	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

16 · #344 of 370 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #344 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Southern Miss	17	6	4.0	1.5	--	--	--
2020	Virginia Tech	4	2	1.5	0.5	--	--	--
2019	Virginia Tech	27	14	6.0	3.5	1	1	--
Career		48	22	11.5	5.5	1	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 7-31@ South Alabama	2	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 9-21vs Troy	2	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 5	L 19-24@ Rice	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 13-26vs UTEP	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 3 tackles
Wk 7	L 0-34vs UAB	2	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 10-35@ Middle Tennessee	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 14-38vs North Texas	2	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 12	W 35-19@ Louisiana Tech	2	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 37-17vs Florida International	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Total		17	6	4.0	1.5	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

DaShawn Crawford

201911 games

20219 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

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