Career Highlights: https://youtu.be/ZniBJMSWvRQ2015: Spalding® NJCAA Football Offensive Player of the Year, just the third Ranger in program history to garner POTY honors...NJCAA First Team All-American...NJCAA All-Region 23...First Team All-MACJC...three-time MACJC Offensive Player of the Week...played and started in all 12 games...rushed for 1,610 yards (led NJCAA) and 16 touchdowns on 248 carries, averaging 6.5 yards-per-carry...led the NJCAA with 2,022 all-purpose yards...posted 10 games with 100 yards rushing or more (15 total for his career)...added 29 receptions for 394 yards and six touchdowns...had at least one touchdown in 10 of 12 games...had 190 all-purpose yards and two TD on 17 touches in the NJCAA National Championship Game, including a 58-yard rushing TD on the first play from scrimmage...JCGridiron.com Preseason JUCO Running Back Watch List...Sporting News Magazine Super Sophomore...College Football America JUCO Starting Lineup...ends his Northwest career with a combined 12 school records, including career rushing yards (3,161), rushing touchdowns (30), all-purpose yards (3,993) and total points scored (220)...rated a 4-star prospect according to 247sports.
2014: NJCAA Second Team All-American, NJCAA All-Region 23 and First Team All-MACJC selection...three-time MACJC Offensive Player of the Week...NJCAA Player of the Week (Oct. 29)...played in 9 of 10 games...led the state with 1,551 yards rushing (fourth in the NJCAA) and 14 touchdowns...his 172.3 yards-per-game was second-most in a single-season...rushed for a school-record 338 yards and four touchdowns at Coahoma and also rushed for over 200 yards in three other games during the season vs Itawamba, at Holmes and vs Mississippi Delta...added 12 receptions for 306 yards and four kick returns for 114 yards...accounted for a school record 219 all-purpose yards-per-game...accounted for 431 of the Rangers’ 443 yards in a 23-14 win over Mississippi Delta on Oct. 9.
High School: Played his junior and senior seasons for head coach Jeff Battles at Hardaway (Ga.)...played his freshman and sophomore seasons at Gainesville HS (Fla.)...rated a 3-star prospect by 247sports and Rivals.com...ranked the nation’s No. 42 running back in the junior class, according to Scout.com...participated in the 2014 Atlanta Nike Football Training Camp...named the WRBL Athlete of the Week numerous times in his career...2012 Hardaway Offensive Player of the Year, rushing for 825 yards and seven touchdowns on 96 carries (8.6 yards-per-carry)...originally committed to Louisville on Oct. 28, 2013 and was also recruited by Boston College, Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Florida, Texas, UCLA and Tennessee among numerous others...a 2013 GHSA 5A Long Jump champion for the Hawks at 22.19...also played basketball in high school and averaged over 12 points-per-game.
Personal: Son of Daphne Crawford...one of eight siblings...nickname is “Jae”...favorite pro teams are the Baltimore Ravens and Miami Heat...studying general college...born February 19, 1995.
