Colin McCrabb

[Colin McCrabb @ColinMccrabb]

Teammates, Coaches, Family & MOST importantly The Wakefield Wackos thank y’all for making this 2018 Football Season something special. Y’all were on board from the beginning & allowed us to turn this program around. THANK YOU 4 EVERYTHING...

[the Sports ON Tap @thesportsontap]

Emmanuel Crawford was three years old when his parents sold him.

They lived in Ghana and they were poor enough that they could not feed him. So he was sold into the fishing trade on Lake Volta, which is where a lot of Ghana's trafficked children end up.

Here is what a three year old does out there.

He sits in a leaky wooden canoe and bails water out of it by hand, all day, so the boat does not sink.

And when the nets get caught, he goes in after them.

Lake Volta is man made. They dammed a river and flooded a forest to build it, and the trees are still down there, standing dead under the water. The nets snag on the branches, and somebody small has to dive down into water you cannot see through and pull them loose.

Children drown doing that. Regularly.

Crawford did it for two years.

He was five when a man working with a rescue organization came across his canoe out on the lake.

Crawford has described it simply.

"He felt a tug on his heart from the Lord, that this kid doesn't need to be here."

He was taken to a home in Tema, Ghana, run by a nonprofit called Touch A Life that gets children out of the trade.

And that is where a couple from Grove, Oklahoma found him. Audrey and Stan Crawford.

"When I first met my mom, I jumped onto her, I just climbed her, and we were best friends from the very beginning."

The adoption took months. Then Audrey got on a plane and brought a six year old home to a town of about 6,000 people in northeast Oklahoma, where he became the youngest of six kids.

He remembers the first day.

"I had my first hamburger that day and fries. It was heaven on Earth."

Then he grew up and started playing football.

As a senior at Grove High School he carried the ball 230 times for 2,304 yards. That is 10 yards every single time he touched it. He scored 36 rushing touchdowns, caught 19 passes for 546 more yards and seven more scores, and Grove went 13-1.

He finished his career with 6,777 rushing yards.

That is the most anyone has ever run for in Oklahoma Class 5A history. Plus 93 rushing touchdowns.

They named him the 2022-23 Gatorade Oklahoma Football Player of the Year.

And then he went to Arkansas as a preferred walk-on.

No scholarship. The best football player in the state, walking on.

He got there partly because Sam Pittman, who was the Arkansas head coach at the time, went to Grove High School himself. Crawford's high school coach texted him about the kid.

"The only campus that I felt a real connection was Arkansas. On the car ride home, I was like, 'I know where I want to be.'"

He redshirted in 2023 and has been stuck behind a crowded backfield ever since. Pittman got fired after last season.

Crawford is still on the roster in Fayetteville. Number 21.

Still waiting on his carries.

He has waited for worse.

[Pizza Hut @pizzahut]

@CBBonFOX what’s arkansas doing that low

[Three Year Letterman @3YearLetterman]

What exactly is supposed to be the point of Canada?

[NCAA March Madness @MarchMadnessMBB]

🚨 NEW AP Poll!

1. UNC
2. Gonzaga
3. Houston
4. Kentucky
5. Baylor
6. Kansas
7. Duke
8. UCLA
9. Arkansas
10. Creighton

[Perfect Game USA @PerfectGameUSA]

Class of 2023 College Recruiting Rankings

Full List: https://t.co/xbuxSs6Bau

[Wake County Public School System @WCPSS]

🎓 Graduation season is upon us! Visit https://t.co/IlVfuM1QX1 for information on the schedule, livestream links, and general arrival and departure tips for families. 🎓

[Coach Casey Smith @coachcasey13u]

Kicked two kids off my 13u team for having a heat stroke in the middle of practice today. If you can’t handle a little sun during a 5 hour practice how am I supposed to count on you to perform in the tourney championship game? #BeElite

[Mr Matthew CFB (OG) @MrMatthew_CFB]

@RazorbackMBB HERE’S THE LEGENDARY MOMENT:

[Coach Sam Pittman @CoachSamPittman]

I sure hope LARRY doesn’t get upset! #turnthatdamnjukeboxon #gohogs

[Caleb McRoy @calebmcroy5]

More than excited for this new chapter🔵😈

[Magaly ✨ @cristalrojass]

STAY SINGLE IF YOU LOVE HARD. People don’t value that kinda love no more

[Coach Casey Smith @coachcasey13u]

Had to cut one of my 13u players yesterday after he missed “optional”practice for a family Christmas. Should’ve asked Santa for a better work ethic instead of a PS5 Alex. #BeElite

[Coach Sam Pittman @CoachSamPittman]

Merry Christmas everyone!

[Arkansas Baseball @RazorbackBSB]

He's Big Hit Bob for a reason.

[Jalen Catalon @jcatalon27]

Dear Arkansas…❤️

[Evan Wells @evan_wells11]

I bet it is without Sevarino driving you around

[Barstool Hogs @BarstoolUA]

Is this a joke????

[Colin McCrabb @ColinMccrabb]

Canvas is down during finals week & @cgbarkley is responsible‼️

[Coach Sam Pittman @CoachSamPittman]

I’m so sorry that I’m not able to get back with everyone personally on wishing me a Happy Birthday so I thought maybe this would work. I appreciate you all and thank you so much! #recruiting #gohogs