#25

Justin Crawford

Running back for West Virginia. 2017: 1,061 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 8 catches.

RB · West Virginia · #25

6′0″ · 200 lb · Columbus, GA

West Virginia 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 749 nationally · Signed with Hardaway

Statement game24 car · 331 ydsvs Oklahoma (FBS) · L 28-56

Top 0.1% rushing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 running back for West Virginia. 2017: 1,061 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 8 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Hardaway in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at West Virginia, 2,245 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

2015

Recruited3-star out of Hardaway

201613 games

Signed with West Virginia3-star out of Northwest Mississippi C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#749 national

CFB

College

West Virginia

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Dana Holgorsen — 17-9 over that span.

2016West Virginia10-3HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-leaning

2017West Virginia7-6HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (89th percentile). Strength: carries (88th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (6th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#35 / 328 · 89th pct

1061

Carries#40 / 328 · 88th pct

190

Rush TDs#78 / 328 · 73rd pct

Yards / carry#84 / 328 · 73rd pct

5.6

Long run#178 / 328 · 45th pct

Receptions#179 / 315 · 40th pct

Rec yards#229 / 315 · 27th pct

Fumbles lost#200 / 221 · 6th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	79.7	5.0	1.0
Road6g	97.2	6.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	102	6.5	1.2
Weeks 8+6g	75.3	4.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	West Virginia	190	1,061	5.6	7	--
2016	West Virginia	163	1,184	7.3	4	--
Career		353	2,245	6.4	11	--

Season	Team
2017	West Virginia	8	38	4.8	0	--
2016	West Virginia	14	68	4.9	1	--
Career		22	106	4.8	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2017

W 28–23

at Kansas State

113 rush yds (17 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 on the road.

With W. Grier — 372 yds · 4 TD · 2 INT · QBR 60.7 · -5 rush yds (3 car) · B. Kinney — 39 AVG · 46 LONG · 8 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 24-31@ Virginia Tech	13	106	8.2	0	42
Wk 2	W 56-20vs East Carolina	15	118	7.9	2	41
Wk 3	W 59-16vs Delaware State	15	102	6.8	3	21	3 rushing TDs
Wk 4	W 56-34@ Kansas	18	125	6.9	1	24	Season-high 125 yds
Wk 6	L 24-31@ TCU	19	111	5.8	0	38
Wk 7	W 46-35vs Texas Tech	14	47	3.4	1	19
Wk 8	W 38-36@ Baylor	10	30	3.0	0	6
Wk 9	L 39-50vs Oklahoma State	13	45	3.5	0	14
Wk 10	W 20-16vs Iowa State	25	102	4.1	0	21
Wk 11	W 28-23@ Kansas State	17	113	6.6	0	19
Wk 12	L 14-28vs Texas	15	64	4.3	0	13
Wk 13	L 31-59@ Oklahoma	16	98	6.1	0	18
Total		190	1061	5.5	7	42

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