Player Dossier

2015-2018

Vanderbilt

Josh Crawford

RB • 5'10" • 198 lbs • Wetumpka, AL, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Josh Crawford leans balanced backfield option traits and 26.1 efficiency.

Usage / Role

8%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

24

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

22

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

38

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Vanderbilt
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee State

Player Story

Josh Crawford built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a running back from Wetumpka, AL wearing No. 6, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Josh Crawford's career was his backfield work: 181...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.9097

Gonzaga · Washington, DC

Committed To
Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Josh Crawford, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Vanderbilt. Josh Crawford leans balanced backfield option traits and 26.1 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
210
Rushing yards
181
Receiving yards
29
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Josh Crawford quick answers

Latest team and position
Vanderbilt · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
210
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 18 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
Top game
Tennessee State
Recruit profile
4-star · Gonzaga · Michigan
High school pipeline
Gonzaga · 33 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 6 · Junior
2018 Scrimmage yards rank
79 scrimmage yards · RB 463rd (top 68%) · SEC 165th (top 54%) · National 1,508th (top 54%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonVanderbilt6655411041.4
2016 Regular SeasonVanderbilt766660037.3
2017 Regular SeasonVanderbilt00000-
2018 Regular SeasonVanderbilt5796118243.6

Related Context

Josh Crawford played RB for Vanderbilt. Across 4 tracked seasons, Josh Crawford recorded 181 rushing yards, 29 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Vanderbilt.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

Vanderbilt paired 79 primary output with 26.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 26.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia

Loss with 36 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

Games

5

Scrimmage Yards / G

15.8

Efficiency

26.1

Usage

8.3

Consistency

24.7

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Middle Tennessee: 5. Nevada: 33. Tennessee State: 0. Georgia: 36. Kentucky: 5

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 26. Nevada: 10 by 34.4. Tennessee State: 1 by 0. Georgia: 7 by 43.9. Kentucky: 2 by 26

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins12.7 · Games = 3 · -7.8 vs Losses
Losses20.5 · Games = 2 · +7.8 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

5 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Georgia

Best efficiency game

43.9 vs Georgia

Result
Sat 10/20@ KentuckyL 7-14252.5002.5
Sat 10/6@ GeorgiaL 13-415183.6012185.1
Sat 9/29vs Tennessee StateW 31-27100
Sat 9/8vs NevadaW 41-1010333.3013.3
Sat 9/1vs Middle TennesseeW 35-7252.5002.5

Player Story

Josh Crawford story

Josh Crawford built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a running back from Wetumpka, AL wearing No. 6, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Josh Crawford's career was his backfield work: 181 rushing yards, 51 carries, 2 rushing touchdowns, and 29 receiving yards across 18 career games in the available record. His career also includes 29 receiving yards and 42 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Josh Crawford's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Vanderbilt

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2015201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonVanderbilt6524.15.8
2016 Regular SeasonVanderbilt6635.13.71
2017 Regular SeasonVanderbilt0-66
2018 Regular SeasonVanderbilt7926.18.379

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Tennessee State

Week 8 · W 35-17

Win with 49 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

49

Scrimmage Yards

71.3 takeover

49 scrimmage yards and 10.5 usage.

#2

@ Georgia

Week 6 · L 13-41 · Conference game

36

Scrimmage Yards

62.8 takeover

Loss with 36 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

36 scrimmage yards and 15.6 usage.

#3

@ Ole Miss

Week 4 · L 16-27 · Conference game

31

Scrimmage Yards

57.4 takeover

Loss with 31 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

31 scrimmage yards and 12.3 usage.

#4

vs Nevada

Week 2 · W 41-10

33

Scrimmage Yards

57.2 takeover

Win with 33 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

33 scrimmage yards and 15.9 usage.

#5

vs Missouri

Week 8 · W 10-3 · Conference game

19

Scrimmage Yards

41 takeover

Win with 19 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

19 scrimmage yards and 7.7 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

79 primary output · 26.1 efficiency · 8.3 usage

43.6

#2

2015 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

41.4

65 primary · 24.1 efficiency · 5.8 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

37.3

66 primary · 35.1 efficiency · 3.7 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

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2+ TD games