Ryan Crawford Last College: Davidson '01 Position: Cornerbacks Coach Experience: Third Season

Ryan Crawford is in his third year on coach Tim Landis' staff and will once again work with the Bison cornerbacks. Crawford came to Bucknell with intimate knowledge of Landis' coaching style, having played for him at Davidson during a standout collegiate career. Last season Crawford helped senior Matt Palermo successfully switch from safety to cornerback, and Palermo went on to earn Second Team All-Patriot League honors. He also coached Academic All-American David Frisbey.

In 2007 Crawford will be tasked with finding the successors to those two seniors from a large pool of young contenders.

Crawford served as an assistant coach at Davidson in 2003 and 2004. He coached the Wildcats' quarterbacks in 2003 and the defensive backs a year later. A 2001 Davidson grad with a degree in biology, Crawford earned Associated Press First Team I-AA All-America status in 1999 when he led all of I-AA with eight interceptions. His team led the nation with 28 pickoffs that season.

The following year, he was the I-AA Mid-Major Defensive Back of the Year and the I-AA Independent Defensive MVP. He was Davidson's Special Teams Player of the Year in 2000, as well as the school's male athlete of the year.

A native of Newton, N.C., Crawford played semi-pro football for the Carolina Cowboys, plus professionally with the Indiana Firebirds of the Arena Football League, and he was in camp with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League last summer. He also worked as a stuntman and a featured extra in the Sony Pictures movie "Radio" starring Cuba Gooding Jr.

Landis was head coach at Davidson from 1993-99 and recruited and coached Crawford for three seasons.