In high school, he had suffered an ankle injury which forced him to miss his senior year of basketball.

Crawford played 30 games as a freshman at Indiana starting eight times and finished seventh among Big Ten Conference freshmen in scoring with 9.7 points per game, while helping Indiana finish 25–8 overall, 14–4 in the Big Ten and advancing to the NCAA tournament.

Adding to the tale, amateur videos of the game and subsequent dunk were allegedly confiscated by Nike at the behest of James.

It was then reported that it was in fact Jordan Crawford, a sophomore guard at Xavier, that made the feat at the LeBron James Skills Academy.

[3][5][6] Crawford returned to play for the 2009–2010 season with the Muskies and led Xavier and the Atlantic 10 in scoring with 20.5 points per game, with .462 FG%.

Crawford led the Muskies past the 3-seed Pittsburgh Panthers to its 3rd straight Sweet Sixteen, one of only two teams to accomplish during '08–'10.

Xavier lost to the 2-seed Kansas State Wildcats in the West Regional semifinal, the "widely agreed-upon Game of the Year".

Crawford earned a spot on the five-member NCAA Tournament All-West Region Team after averaging 29.0 points per game in the three appearances.

Crawford was named Archived November 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine by Sporting News a Third Team All-American and A-10 Player of the Year.

[9] On February 23, 2011, Crawford was traded to the Washington Wizards along with Maurice Evans and Mike Bibby for Kirk Hinrich and Hilton Armstrong.

[11] In the 2012–13 season, he was moved to point guard when John Wall missed time due to injury.

Due to the injury of Rajon Rondo, Crawford became the starting point guard of the team at the beginning of the 2013–14 season.

[14] On January 15, 2014, a three-team trade was completed involving the Boston Celtics, the Golden State Warriors, and the Miami Heat.

[16] On September 18, 2014, Crawford signed a one-year deal with the Xinjiang Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association.

On March 10, 2015, Crawford was acquired by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Development League.

[19] In July 2015, Crawford joined the Dallas Mavericks for the 2015 NBA Summer League,[20] where he averaged 10.2 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.5 steals in six games.

He shot 25-of-52 from the field, including 4-of-12 from three-point range, and was 18-of-20 from the free throw line, while also recording a season-high 16 rebounds.