He changed his mind, however, when he realized that the presence of the celebrated Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis there would mean limited playing time for him.
Crawford rushed for 100 yards or more five times last season and scored 92 points, the most since Doc Blanchard's 115 in 1945.
The film starred Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis.
No one will ever compare this year's Army football team to the squads led by Glenn Davis and Doc Blanchard 50 years ago.
"I just love putting on that gold helmet and running out there where Glenn Davis and Doc Blanchard played or practiced," he said.
He watched Glenn Davis and Doc Blanchard come off the field but was too shy to ask for autographs.
Only a few juniors have won the award, starting with the eleventh winner, Doc Blanchard in 1945.
They were, respectively, the running backs Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis.
Doc Blanchard, 84, American college football player (Army), Heisman Trophy winner (1945), pneumonia.
Davis was runner-up again as a junior, this time to his Army teammate, Doc Blanchard, before running off with the trophy as a senior in 1946.