Senior wide receiver for Rice. 2021: 27 catches, 472 receiving yards, 4 TD.
6′1″ · 214 lb · Rockwall, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 wide receiver for Rice. 2021: 27 catches, 472 receiving yards, 4 TD.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearSam Crawford Jr.
Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. This is his fourth year in the same receiving corps at Rice. One game to point at: 105 rec yds, 2 rec TD against Arkansas State — Week 4, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Tulsa, 1,622 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mike Bloomgren.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Philip Montgomery — 20-26 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: long catch (98th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (89th percentile). Concern: catch rate (21st percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.6 | 57.8 | 22.8 | 0.6 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 45.8 | 13.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.3 | 62.3 | 21.2 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 18.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Abell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-19vs UC Davis | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 2 | L 23-28@ Oklahoma State | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | 40 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-41@ Ohio State | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-34vs Arkansas State | 2 | 105 | 52.5 | 2 | 88 | Season-high 105 yds |
| Wk 5 | L 10-45vs Houston | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 0 | 41 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-29vs Memphis | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 1 | 28 | |
| Wk 7 | W 32-31@ South Florida | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 1 | 37 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-20vs Navy | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-28@ Cincinnati | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 11 | |
| Total | 27 | 472 | 18.5 | 4 | 88 |
Play style
Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Tim Jones’s 2020 season.
Matches Tim on
Differs from Tim on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Dillon Stoner’s path through Oklahoma State.
Blayne Taylor
Matches Dillon on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to E. Jai Mason's senior season at Charlotte (2025).
Matches E. on
Player DNA