Dion Crawford holds the WLB · Starter spot in Michigan State Spartans’s linebacker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Dion Crawford is a transfer linebacker from Buffalo who enrolled at Michigan State in January 2026. The 6'1", 243-pound prospect from Collins Hill High School in Atlanta played in 35 career games for the Bulls across three seasons (2023–25), starting 21 contests. Over that span, Crawford accumulated 171 tackles, 21 tackles for loss (85 yards), 12 sacks (66 yards), four pass break-ups, and two forced fumbles. In his final season at Buffalo, he recorded 81 tackles with seven starts in 11 games and earned Academic All-MAC honors for the second consecutive year.

Buffalo2023 – 2025

Michigan State2026 — present