28 Facts About Sua Cravens

Su'a Kristopher Cravens was born on July 7,1995 and is a former American football strong safety.

Sua Cravens played college football at USC, and was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft.

Sua Cravens played the linebacker position during his rookie year with the team, before moving full time to strong safety the following season.

However, Sua Cravens announced his decision to retire just before the season began, and was placed on the team's reserve list as a result.

Sua Cravens attended Temecula Valley High School as a freshman in 2009.

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Sua Cravens then transferred to Vista Murrieta High School as a sophomore, where he had 90 tackles, eights sacks, five fumble recoveries and three forced fumbles.

Sua Cravens earned Max Preps Sophomore All-American second team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State Sophomore first team, and All-Southwestern League first team honors.

Sua Cravens chose the Trojans over offers from nearly every BCS program in the nation, including Michigan, Nebraska and Ohio State.

Sua Cravens became the Trojans' eighth commitment for the 2013 class and the fifth five-star rated recruit in a class featuring quarterback Max Browne, defensive lineman Kenny Bigelow and running backs Ty Isaac and Justin Davis.

Sua Cravens enrolled at USC in the spring of 2013 after graduating a semester early from high school.

Sua Cravens started at strong safety as a first-year freshman and made quite an impact.

Sua Cravens returned a kickoff for 33 yards and a punt for one yard.

Sua Cravens made the 2013 Sporting News Freshman All-American first team, Athlon Freshman All-American first team, Phil Steele Freshman All-American first team, CollegeFootballNews.

Sua Cravens missed the last half of spring practice after having surgery for a torn cartilage in his knee.

Sua Cravens returned as a starter for his sophomore year in 2014.

Sua Cravens made the 2014 All-Pac-12 first team, as well as the Athlon All-Pac-12 first team, Phil Steele All-Pac-12 first team and CollegeSportsMadness.

Sua Cravens won USC's Defensive Perimeter Player of the Year Award.

Sua Cravens returned for his third year as a starter, again playing strongside outside linebacker as a junior in 2015.

Sua Cravens was as a semifinalist for the Bednarik and Butkus awards after starting all 14 games as a 20-year-old team captain.

Sua Cravens posted 86 tackles, eight passes defensed, five sacks, two interceptions and two forced fumbles his junior season.

Sua Cravens earned first-team All-Pac-12 Conference honors at two different positions.

Sua Cravens appeared in 11 games, with three starts, in 2016, posting 33 tackles, one sack, one interception, five passes defensed and one special-teams stop.

Sua Cravens missed the final three games of the season with an injury.

Sua Cravens was projected to be the team's starting strong safety for the 2017 season.

On March 28,2018, Sua Cravens was traded to the Denver Broncos for a fifth round pick, along with a swap of fourth and fifth round draft picks in the 2018 NFL Draft.

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Sua Cravens was placed on injured reserve on September 2,2018 due to issues with his knee, but was activated back to the active roster on November 2,2018.

Sua Cravens's older brother, Siaki, was a defensive lineman at Hawaii who previously played at Utah.

Sua Cravens's mother is second cousins with former Arizona State and NFL safety David Fulcher.