{"id":112225,"date":"2021-04-27T16:37:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T20:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=112225"},"modified":"2025-09-25T12:04:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:04:12","slug":"aashari-crosswell-2021-nfl-draft-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021\/04\/27\/aashari-crosswell-2021-nfl-draft-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 NFL Draft: Aashari Crosswell Player Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Aashari Crosswell NFL Draft Overview<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Position:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Safety<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Height: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\u2019-0\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Weight: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">205 pounds<br \/>\n<\/span><b>School: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arizona State<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021-nfl-draft-profiles\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>More 2021 NFL Draft Profiles<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Aashari Crosswell <\/strong><strong>2021 NFL Draft Profile<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production doesn\u2019t always make for NFL candidacy when getting ready for the annual draft. Arizona State product Aashari Crosswell comes to the NFL Draft with two solid seasons of production, but also brings suspension baggage as well. Crosswell\u2019s measurables appear solid and when he found the field, he produced. The former Sun Devil looks to shake a recent suspension in the 2020 season, severely damaging his draft stock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Playing 13 games in 2018, Crosswell was all over the field. His 43 tackles, four interceptions, and nine pass breakups show his knack for being near the play. More of the same production followed in 2019. Thirteen more games saw the safety logging 50 tackles, two interceptions, ten pass breakups and three forced fumbles. Numbers in both the interception and forced fumble category show Crosswell\u2019s versatility in coverage and the run. Both will be needed if he is to land on an NFL roster.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Strengths<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can play deep safety, in the box, and in the slot;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plays through the whistle;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shows physicality as a hitter;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tracks balls in the air with ease;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Has a huge tackle radius;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Weaknesses<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hips are stiff when cutting;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">May take wrong angle &#8211; approaches too loosely;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lowers for big hit, not the sure hit;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lacks chase down speed;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maturity issues &#8211; suspended in 2020;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>NFL Comparison<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/V\/VaccKe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kenny Vaccaro<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Teams With Need at Position<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/raiders\/\" target=\"_self\">Las Vegas Raiders<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/chargers\/\" target=\"_self\">Los Angeles Chargers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/eagles\/\" target=\"_self\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/jaguars\/\" target=\"_self\">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/washington-football-team\/\" target=\"_self\">Washington Football Team<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/ravens\/\" target=\"_self\">Baltimore Ravens<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Projection<\/strong>: Seventh Round, UFA<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Bottom Line on Aashari Crosswell<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A suspension in 2020 may be nothing in the eyes of coaches looking at Crosswell. His statistics look promising for a backup role at either safety spot. Crosswell has experience at every bit of the secondary minus the true corner spot. He plays through the whistle and shows big hit potential. His hands are above average for a defensive back. Crosswell\u2019s hustle finds him near the ball and his production comes in the form of turnovers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Playing well in front, Crosswell has stiff hips when receivers get into their cuts. His pursuit and lowering for big hits could expose him to whiffs. Croswell posted a 4.4 40 yard dash time, but doesn\u2019t show a chase down like speed. Hard angles leave players as the hero or the goat, and Crosswell typically takes that approach. Coaches concerned by his maturity issues will steer clear in the late rounds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teams looking for a competitive safety will find Croswell intriguing. He hits players unapologetically, however, this may leave big plays open. His zone coverage produces interceptions but doesn\u2019t have the polish to stay with pass catchers in man. Given the right system, Crosswell could be a box strong safety, or conversely, a roaming high safety. His talents cover a variety of options teams may need, but if he doesn\u2019t mature on and off the field, front offices could be turned off. Maybe Sean Payton, who has taken troubled prospects before, adds Crosswell to a <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/saints\/\" target=\"_self\">New Orleans Saints<\/a> secondary that shows little mercy. The Arizona State product hopes to cause controversy by being selected on April 29th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021-nfl-draft-profiles\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>More 2021 NFL Draft Profiles<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"STjIvz3QQF1Mz2WtJTFhtw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1181744056\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'STjIvz3QQF1Mz2WtJTFhtw',sig:'SHGfv7b3JwYObSrQzyCIllx_2O6zNwG6Ssq0ayYFnGc=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1181744056',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2021 NFL Draft Profile: Aashari Crosswell: Production doesn\u2019t always make for NFL candidacy when getting ready for the annual draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3849,"featured_media":112314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1647,33760],"tags":[8208,2030],"class_list":["post-112225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-draft","category-profiles","tag-aashari-crosswell","tag-nfl-draft-profiles"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3849"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246832,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112225\/revisions\/246832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}