Carl Demonte Crawford (born August 5, 1981 in
Houston, Texas) is the starting left fielder for the
Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball. He bats and
throws left-handed.
Carl attended Jefferson Davis High School in
Houston, Texas and was a letterman in football,
basketball, and baseball. In baseball, he batted
over .500 as a senior. Crawford was offered
scholarships to play basketball as a point guard at
UCLA or to play football as an option quarterback at
the University of Nebraska. He turned down both
offers in favor of a baseball career.