Junior Dion Crawford’s versatility hasn’t surprised the University at Buffalo’s football team.

Defensive coordinator Joe Bowen lost key players such as Shaun Dolac to the NFL, but Buffalo’s defense has become one of the nation’s sack leaders behind Crawford and Red Murdock.

Primarily positioned as an edge rusher in 2024, many of Crawford’s snaps this fall have been at linebacker for UB (2-3, 1-0 Mid-American Conference). The Bulls’ 17 sacks are the fourth most in the country as they enter their second MAC game of the season against Eastern Michigan (1-4, 0-1) at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at UB Stadium in Amherst.

“It’s been a little rough change. There’s a lot of different pieces,” said Crawford, a Lawrenceville, Ga., native who is studying business administration.

Buffalo’s sack total is tie

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