Missouri basketball may have wrapped up its transfer portal activity for the offseason.
On Tuesday, South Dakota combo guard announced on social media that he has committed to the Tigers. He becomes Missouri’s fifth transfer addition and likely addresses the team’s final roster need heading into the 2026–27 season.
Crawford began his college career at the College of Charleston, where he played for two seasons after joining the 2022 recruiting class. He transferred to Eastern Kentucky in 2024 for one year before spending last season at South Dakota.
The 6-foot-3 redshirt senior from Charlotte, North Carolina, will have one season of eligibility remaining.
Crawford brings versatility as both a shooter and ball-handler, areas Missouri was looking to strengthen for added backcourt depth.
Last season with the Coyotes, he shot 36.8% from beyond the arc on 6.5 attempts per game while averaging 14.4 points, 2.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists, and 1.2 steals.
Across 94 career appearances, Crawford has averaged 9.0 points per game while shooting 34.7% from three-point range.
Missouri especially needed more depth at point guard, and Crawford appears capable of filling that role.
The Tigers are expected to run five-star freshman Jason Crowe Jr. as the team’s primary ball-handler, but depth behind the exciting rookie was looking a little thin.
Mizzou has former Tolton grad Aaron Rowe at the position, but he did not see the floor as a true freshman and will need a strong offseason and some physical development to be an impactful SEC point guard.
The Tigers also added BYU transfer guard and St. Louis native Kennard Davis Jr. from the portal, and MU head coach Dennis Gates posted on social media that the team expects him to be a combo guard, meaning he should see the floor at both point guard and shooting guard.
Davis has experience at point guard from his time at Southern Illinois, but the 6-6 guard is more expected to be a floor-spacer and perimeter player with the Tigers.
Crawford isn’t likely to play a major role with Mizzou, but his stats suggest he’ll find a role with the Tigers as an impact reserve. Crowe will almost certainly eat up most of the available minutes at point guard, and Davis and Providence transfer Jamier Jones are the frontrunners to play the most at shooting guard.
According to CBB Analytics, Crawford took more attempts from 3-point range than any Mizzou player last season, with 8.5 shots per 40 minutes.
In Mizzou’s win over South Dakota this past November, Crawford scored a team-high 18 points with three made shots from 3-point range and a 7-of-15 shooting mark from the field.
