Sam Crawford Jr.

#9 · WR · Sr. · Rice6′1″ · 214 lb · Rockwall, TX

Sam Crawford Jr.: WR · Rice · #9.

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Sam Crawford Jr.

WR · Rice · Sr · #9

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. One game to point at: 105 receiving yards and 2 receiving TD against Arkansas State — Week 4, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Rice in the news

Rashee Rice out for Week 6Draftsharks Oct 16

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	Tulsa	27	472	17.5	4	88
2020	Tulsa	28	373	13.3	1	54
2019	Tulsa	59	777	13.2	5	66
2018	Tulsa	--	--	--	--	--
Career		114	1,622	14.2	10	88

Season	Team
2021	Tulsa	--
2020	Tulsa	--
2019	Tulsa	--
2018	Tulsa	237
Career		237

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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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@ No. 9 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@ No. 2 Cincinnati	2	15	7.5	0	11
Total		27	472	17.5	4	88

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 4 · Arkansas State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +6.73D.Brin pass complete to TSA 12. Catch made by S.Crawford at TSA 12. Gain of 88 yards. S.Crawford for 88 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 10 · Cincinnati · 4th and 5 · Q4 · EPA −3.92Davis Brin pass complete to Sam Crawford Jr. for 4 yds to the Cincy 2
Week 5 · Houston · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +3.76Davis Brin pass complete to Sam Crawford Jr. for 40 yds to the Houst 45 for a
Week 5 · Houston · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.25Davis Brin pass complete to Sam Crawford Jr. for 41 yds to the Houst 39 for a
Week 7 · South Florida · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.05Davis Brin pass complete to Sam Crawford Jr. for 37 yds for a TD, (Zack Long KICK)
Week 6 · Memphis · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Davis Brin pass complete to Sam Crawford Jr. for 28 yds for a TD, (Zack Long KICK)

4 more plays

Week 4 · Arkansas State · 2nd and 2 · Q3 · EPA +2.22D.Brin pass complete to ARKS 17. Catch made by S.Crawford at ARKS 17. Gain of 17 yards. S.Crawford for 17 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 1 · UC Davis · 4th and 3 · Q2 · EPA +2.07D.Brin pass complete to UCD 20. Catch made by S.Crawford at UCD 20. Gain of 17 yards. Tackled by UCD at UCD 3.
Week 2 · Oklahoma State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.97Davis Brin pass complete to Sam Crawford Jr. for 40 yds to the OKSt 18 for a
Week 2 · Oklahoma State · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +1.93Davis Brin pass complete to Sam Crawford Jr. for 8 yds to the OKSt 34 for a

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Philip Montgomery — 20-26 over that span.

2018Tulsa3-9HC: Philip Montgomery · Run-heavy

2019Tulsa4-8HC: Philip Montgomery · Balanced, fast tempo

2020Tulsa6-3HC: Philip Montgomery · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Tulsa7-6HC: Philip Montgomery · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 45 (#241 of 468). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

45Rotational starter #241 of 468 · 2021, at Tulsa?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score, at Tulsa: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: long catch (98th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (89th percentile). Concern: catch rate (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#170 / 655 · 74th pct

14.6

Explosive rate#282 / 655 · 56th pct

14.3%

TD rate#338 / 655 · 48th pct

5.7%

EPA / target#496 / 655 · 24th pct

0.43

Catch rate#520 / 655 · 21st pct

65.7%

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#11 / 557 · 98th pct

Yards / catch#57 / 557 · 89th pct

17.5

Rec TDs#145 / 557 · 70th pct

Rec yards#226 / 557 · 59th pct

472

Receptions#291 / 557 · 47th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2021 season

Head Coach

Philip Montgomery

Pass share

43.4%

410 pass / 534 run

Plays / game

78.7

12 games

Team sack rate

5.7%

441 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

27 catches in 9 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

45 · #241 of 468 WRs · 2021, at Tulsa

Sam Crawford Jr.

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

27 catches in 9 games

Five seasons, two schools