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Coach stunned to find prized recruit working at Taco Bell entering camp

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — While Justin Crawford was shredding defenses for more than 2,000 yards last season, he was even tougher on teammates who straggled to get on the bus after road games.

That’s because the junior college national player of the year couldn’t be late for work.

Justin Crawford on his official visit to West Virginia in January, before he chose the Mountaineers over Missouri.

Throughout two dynamic years at Northwest (Miss.) Community College, Crawford maintained multiple part-time jobs in order to support his wife and their two kids.