IU freshman safety Jonathan Crawford was named the Big Ten’s co-Freshman of the Week on Monday after his performance Saturday against Western Kentucky.
Crawford’s performance included two interceptions against highly-touted Western Kentucky quarterback Brandon Doughty.
IU trailed 28-24 in the third quarter when Crawford intercepted a pass near the IU goal line to prevent a scoring drive. On the next WKU drive, with IU leading 31-28, Crawford picked off Doughty yet again on the first play. This led to another scoring drive for IU to take a two-score lead.
Crawford is the first true freshman for IU to record two interceptions in a game since Mitchell Evans in 2007. He is also the first Hoosier to be named Big Ten Freshman of the Week since now-sophomore linebacker Tegray Scales earned the honor last season.
Crawford earned the starting job in week one and has started all three games this season. He is third on IU with 18 tackles — 10 of which are solo — and leads the team with two interceptions.
Brody Miller
