Dion Crawford
Michigan State Spartans
87
Great

Dion Crawford

Michigan State SpartansRebuilding
WLBDefenseGreatTRANSFER · Buffalo
Projected Starter

Is Dion Crawford starting?

Dion Crawford is the projected starter at WLB for Michigan State Spartans.

Senior · #18 · 6'1", 243 lbs

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Depth at WLB · Michigan State Spartans

  1. 11887Dion CrawfordStarter
  2. 21071DiMari Malone

Michigan State Starting Lineup

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Up next for Michigan State

Michigan State plays Michigan away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 07:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Collins Hill, ranked #1,403 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 79 tackles, 5 TFL, 3.5 sacks. That's 12% of the team's production at his spot and 88th-percentile production nationally — good for a 87 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,403 NatlTeam Share12%Percentile88th
Atlanta, GA
Jersey
#18
Class
SR/TR
Height
6'1"
Weight
243 lbs
Transfer
Buffalo

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—7953.5

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8500
National Rank
#1403
High School
Collins Hill
Hometown
Suwanee, GA

Why this rating?

On a 80-rated defense; 88th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.80 for competition level) put them +7 vs unit starters → 87.

Team defense (SP+)
80
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 88% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 32% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.80)
Depth-chart adjustment
+7 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 24LUCLATKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
6
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 28-10

Oct 17LNUTKL 14
TKL
14
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 24-21

Oct 10LILLTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-37 OT

Oct 3LWISTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
7
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 31-3

Sep 26LNEBTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-13

Sep 19LNDTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 27-10

Sep 12WEMUTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 35-7

Dion Crawford's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

79 tkl · 5 TFL · 3.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement100%
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