Joe Crawford (basketball)

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Joe Crawford
College	Kentucky
Sport	Basketball
Position	Shooting guard
Class	Junior
Career	2004 – present
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight	211 lb (96 kg)
Nationality	United States
Born	June 17, 1986 Detroit, Michigan
High school	Renaissance HS, Detroit

Joseph Reshard Crawford II (born June 17, 1986 in Detroit, Michigan) is a shooting guard for the University of Kentucky men's basketball team.

1 High School and Recruitment
2 College Career
3 References
4 External links

[edit] High School and Recruitment

Crawford attended Renaissance High School in Detroit, where he led his team to a perfect 27-0 record and a state title ^[1]. He was named a McDonald's All-American in 2004. Crawford originally committed to play for the University of Michigan ^[2], but reopened his recruitment and chose to attend the University of Kentucky as part of a freshman class that also featured All-Americans Rajon Rondo and Randolph Morris.

[edit] College Career

Seeing minimal playing time behind Western Kentucky University transfer Patrick Sparks and fellow freshman Ramel Bradley, Crawford asked to be released from his scholarship mid-way through his freshman year. After meeting with Wildcat coach Tubby Smith, however, Crawford did an about-face and returned to the team.

Crawford became a bigger part of the team's rotation in his sophomore season, averaging 10.2 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. ^[3]