Crisp participated in the Auskick program at Myrtleford, Victoria,[2] and played his junior football with Myrtleford in the Wangaratta & District Junior Football League prior to playing with the Murray Bushrangers in the Under 18 TAC Cup, where he won their 2011 club best and fairest award.

He was recruited with pick number forty in the 2012 Rookie Draft, following in the footsteps of fellow Murray Bushranger Tom Rockliff in playing for the Brisbane Lions.

As alluded to, Crisp has proven to be an especially consistent and durable player throughout his time at Collingwood; as of the end of Round 12, 2023, Crisp has played 200 consecutive AFL games, which is a Collingwood record in the AFL era (i.e., 1990 onwards),[6] although six of those games were played with Brisbane.

In the 10th round of the 2023 AFL season, Crisp played his 192nd consecutive match for the club, breaking Jock McHale's record from 1917.

[9] In 2023, historical Snapchat photos and video footage dating back to 2018 was leaked and went viral online.