Crawford was born to parents Joseph Sr. and Sylvia Crawford in Detroit, Michigan in 1988. In high school, he had suffered an ankle injury which forced him to miss his senior year of basketball. He attended Detroit\'s Communication and Media Arts High School and the prep school, Hargrave Military Academy, in Chatham, Virginia.\n', '

Crawford signed a National Letter of Intent to play at Indiana University and enrolled in 2007. Crawford played 30 games as a freshman at Indiana starting eight times and finished seventh among Big Ten Conference freshmen in scoring with 9.7 points per game, while helping Indiana finish 25–8 overall, 14–4 in the Big Ten and advancing to the NCAA tournament. Crawford scored in double figures 15 times as a freshman, including a career high 21 points in Indiana\'s win at Northwestern on February 23, 2008 and had a near perfect night from the floor at Northwestern going for 6-for-7 overall and 4-for-5 behind the three-point line while handing out all five of his assists. He also made all five of his free throw attempts at the free throw line. Indiana recorded a 13–2 record when Crawford scored in double figures.\n', '

After fallout from the Kelvin Sampson controversy, Crawford transferred to Xavier University in 2008. Xavier was one of only two nonconference regular season losses for the Hoosiers in the 2007-2008 season when Crawford was at Indiana University. Having been denied immediate eligibility by the NCAA, Crawford had to sit out the 2008-2009 season, but was able to still practice with the Musketeers.\n', '

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