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Caden Crawford, RS Freshman
6’4”, 253 lbs.
Lansing, Kan. (Lansing)
2023 projection: Reserve defensive lineman
Crawford committed to the Hawkeyes as their second 2022 recruit and arrived as an early enrollee. Hailing from Kansas, he received regional Power 5 offers from Nebraska, Kansas State, and Minnesota (among others).
As a prep, he played both ways as a linebacker and quarterback. The latter was a well-known trope for Hawkeye players in the aughts where having a half dozen or so high school quarterbacks contributing elsewhere was often recited.