Keyron Crawford commits to Auburn out of the NCAA Transfer Portal

Keyron Crawford, formerly of Arkansas State, has committed to Auburn out of the transfer portal, the school announced via social media.

Crawford had spent the last two seasons with the Red Wolves in Jonesboro.

In that time, Crawford posted 58 tackles, 6.5 sacks, a pair of forced fumbles with two recoveries, and then two deflections.

That includes quite a breakout for Crawford as a sophomore last fall where he started in all 13 outings. By the end of the year, he put 44 tackles, 5.5 sacks, all of his production in the fumble department, and one pass deflection. His fumble statistics were best on the defense while his sacks were second by 0.5, even if he had nine more sack yards.

Crawford, a native of Memphis, Tennessee, played high school football at Briarcrest Christian. He was a three-star prospect there as the No. 999 overall recruit in the 2022 cycle. That’s according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He rated as the No. 75 EDGE in the class and the No. 31 player out of his state.

Crawford then joined Arkansas State as the fourth-highest rated recruit in their Top-75 class in 2022.

Crawford was one of 10 transfers to leave the Red Wolves in the transfer portal over the course of this offseason. Six of them, including him, came from the defensive side of the ball. They also lost two defensive linemen in Ashtin Rustemeyer and Treviance Bronson, two linebackers in Gavin Potter and Javante Mackey, and a corner in Taylon Doss. Only three have committed to new programs with Potter headed to Tulsa, Mackey going to Memphis, and OT Saidou Ba leaving for Tennessee State.

Now, for Auburn, he is one of the latest additions for the Tigers in the portal. They’ve earned double-digit commitments from transfers with Crawford being the most recent as of today. That group consists of several players for their defense, including another edge rusher in Philip Blidi (Indiana). Some other names are two defensive linemen in Trill Carter (Texas) and Gage Keys (Kansas), a pair of safeties in Antonio Kite (Alabama) and Jerrin Thompson (Texas), and then LB Dorian Mausi (Duke).

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. 

The On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account and Twitter account are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves.