Caden Crawford

Position:
Defensive End
Height:
6-4
Weight:
265
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Lansing, Kan.
High School:
Lansing
Prev School:
South Dakota

Awards & Honors
Second Team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference (2025)
MVFC All-Newcomer Team (2025)

2025 (at South Dakota)
Played and started all 15 games in lone season with the Coyotes … earned Second Team All- MVFC honors and a spot on the all-newcomer team … finished season with 78 tackles, including a team-high 10.5 for loss … also led team with five sacks … finished with three quarterback hurries and three pass breakups … had at least five tackles in eight games … recorded at least one TFL in the season’s first four games … made first career collegiate start in season opener against Iowa State at Jack Trice Stadium … had six tackles and a TFL against the Cyclones … posted a career-best nine tackles and two tackles for loss against Lamar … matched his career-high with nine tackles at North Dakota State … recorded four tackles and two sacks against UNI … finished with eight tackles against FCS runner-up Illinois State.

2024 (at Iowa)
Played in three games … had two tackles and a fumble recovery against Illinois State.

2023 (at Iowa)
Saw first action against Western Michigan.

2022 (at Iowa)
Redshirted.

High School
Three-year letterwinner as a linebacker and quarterback at Lansing High School for head coach Dylan Brown … earned First Team Class 4A all-state honors as a senior, as well as first-team all-conference and conference defensive player of the year accolades … was honorable mention all-state and first-team all-conference as a junior linebacker … had 103 tackles, including 17 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and one interception as a senior … also lettered in basketball, powerlifting and track … state runner-up in powerlifting in 242-pound weight class as a junior … state qualifier in powerlifting as a sophomore and in track and field (discus) as a junior.