Derrick Crawford (wide receiver)

Derrick Crawford (born September 3, 1960) is a former gridiron football wide receiver and return specialist who played in the National Football League (NFL), the United States Football League (USFL) and the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Memphis.

Derrick Crawford
Personal information
Born: (1960-09-03) September 3, 1960
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Height:5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school:East
(Memphis, Tennessee)
College:Memphis State
Position:Wide receiver/Return specialist
Supplemental draft:1984 / Round: 1
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:5
Receiving yards:70
Receiving touchdowns:0
Career CFL statistics
Receptions:179
Receiving yards:3,050
Receiving touchdowns:28
Return yards:3,130
Return touchdowns:5
Player stats at PFR

Early life and high school

Crawford was born and grew up in Memphis, Tennessee and attended East High School, where he played quarterback. As a senior he was awarded the Walter Stewart Memorial Award by the Memphis Quarterback Club as back-of-the-year for the Memphis area.[1]

College career

Crawford was a member of the Memphis State Tigers for four seasons. He was the team's leading receiver as a junior with 31 receptions for 594 yards and three touchdowns and as a senior, when he caught 32 passes for 523 yards and two touchdowns and was named All-Metro Conference.[2]

Professional career

Crawford was selected by the Memphis Showboats in the 1984 USFL Territorial Draft. As a rookie, Crawford caught 61 passes for 703 yards and 12 touchdowns and was named All-USFL as a return specialist after returning 47 kickoffs for 1,237 yards and one touchdown. In 1985, had 70 receptions for 1,057 yards and nine touchdowns and also scored a touchdown on a 60-yard punt return.[3]

Crawford had been selected in the first round (24th pick) of the 1984 NFL Supplemental Draft of USFL and CFL players by the San Francisco 49ers and signed with the team after the USFL folded in 1986.[4] He played one season for the team, catching five passes for 70 yards.[5]

Crawford returned to professional football in 1990 when he joined the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL).[6] In 1992, Crawford had 47 receptions for 714 yards and five touchdowns in the regular season was the leading receiver with 162 yards in the Stampeders 80th Grey Cup victory.[7][8] After sitting out the 1994 season Crawford was signed by the Birmingham Barracudas, formed as part of the CFL's attempted expansion into the United States, in 1995.[9]

References
  1. "1970s: Mid-South Memories". The Commercial Appeal. January 10, 2019. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  2. "Memphis Tigers Football 2004 Media Guide". Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  3. Reeths, Paul (2017). The United States Football League, 1982-1986. McFarland. pp. 219, 309. ISBN 9781476627731. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  4. "1984 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  5. Stukenborg, Phil (April 27, 2016). "Loads of attention, but Paxton Lynch unlikely to make Tigers' NFL draft history". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  6. "CRAWFORD WAS GO-TO GUY IN '92 GREY CUP". Stampeders.com. March 30, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  7. "Stampeders Grey Cup history". Calgary Herald. November 27, 2016. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  8. Zimmerman, Paul (December 7, 1992). "MAGIC FLUTIE". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  9. Kerr, Grant (July 4, 1995). "'Cudas facing huge test for CFL opener". Nanaimo Daily News. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
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