| Craig Sword | |
| Position: | Shooting guard |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 3 |
| Weight Lbs: | 196 |
| League: | NBL |
| Team: | Tasmania JackJumpers |
| Number: | 32 |
| Birth Date: | 16 January 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
| High School: | G. W. Carver (Montgomery, Alabama) |
| College: | Mississippi State (2012–2016) |
| Draft Year: | 2016 |
| Career Start: | 2016 |
| Years1: | 2016–2017 |
| Team1: | Wilki Morskie Szczecin |
| Years2: | 2017–2019 |
| Team2: | Erie BayHawks |
| Years3: | 2019 |
| Team3: | Rayos de Hermosillo |
| Years4: | 2019–2020 |
| Team4: | Grand Rapids Drive |
| Years5: | 2020 |
| Team5: | Astros de Jalisco |
| Years6: | 2021 |
| Team6: | Omaha's Finest |
| Years7: | 2021–2023 |
| Team7: | Capital City Go-Go |
| Team8: | Washington Wizards |
| Years9: | 2023 |
| Team9: | Spartans Distrito Capital |
| Years10: | 2023–2024 |
| Team10: | Indiana Mad Ants |
| Years11: | 2024–present |
| Team11: | Tasmania JackJumpers |
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Craig Sword (born January 16, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Tasmania JackJumpers of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
Sword played high school basketball for George Washington Carver High School in Montgomery. His senior year, Sword led his team to the 6A state championship was named Alabama Mr. Basketball. Sword was listed as 4-star recruit by Rivals.com, and choose to attend Mississippi State over offers from Alabama, Auburn, and Georgia.[1] While Sword committed to head coach Rick Stansbury, he kept his commitment to the Bulldogs when Stansbury was fired and replaced by Rick Ray.
As a true freshman in 2012–13, Sword appeared all 32 games for the Bulldogs, starting 30 of them.[2] He was named SEC Freshman of the Week twice, and led the Bulldogs with 10.5 points per game. The Bulldogs finished a dismal 4–14 in the SEC, however.
Sword improved his scoring clip in 2013–14 to 13.7 PPG as a sophomore. Sword scored his career high, 33 points, in a 91–82 loss to LSU.[3]
Sword was sidelined with a back injury in the first half of his junior year in 2014–15. However, he returned to full form during the conference portion of the season, again leading the Bulldogs in scoring, leading the Bulldogs to a 6–12 conference record, and a generally much more competitive team. Sword was named Second Team All-SEC for his efforts.[4]
Sword places ninth on the Bulldogs' career leaderboard with 144 steals.
After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft, Sword signed on June 25, 2016, with Wilki Morskie Szczecin of the Polish Basketball League,[5] averaging 4.3 points, 1.9 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 11.7 minutes in 19 games.[6]
On October 25, 2017, Sword signed with the Erie BayHawks of the NBA G League after a tryout.[7]
On September 27, 2018, Sword re-signed with the Erie BayHawks.[8] He joined the Grand Rapids Drive in 2019.[9]
In 2021, Sword signed with Omaha's Finest of The Basketball League.[10]
In October 2021, he joined the Grand Rapids Gold.[11]
On November 3, 2021, Sword was acquired by the Capital City Go-Go[12] and on December 28, he signed a 10-day contract with the Washington Wizards.[13] Sword played 3 games in the NBA, averaging 2.0 points in 6.3 minutes per game with the Wizards. On January 6, 2022, Sword was reacquired and activated by the Go-Go]].[14]
On April 3, 2023, Sword signed with Spartans Distrito Capital of the Venezuelan League.[15]
On September 26, 2023, Sword signed with the Indiana Pacers,[16] but was waived two days later.[17] On October 28, 2023, he joined the Indiana Mad Ants.[18]
On May 28, 2024, Sword signed with the Tasmania JackJumpers of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL) for the 2024–25 season.[19]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Washington| 3 || 0 || 6.3 || .750 || .000 || .000 || .0 || .3 || 1.3 || .0 || 2.0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 3 || 0 || 6.3 || .750 || .000 || .000 || .0 || .3 || 1.3 || .0 || 2.0
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13| style="text-align:left;"| Mississippi State| 32 || 30 || 26.7 || .405 || .194 || .554 || 2.9 || 2.3 || 1.7 || .4 || 10.5|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14| style="text-align:left;"| Mississippi State| 32 || 32 || 28.1 || .485 || .273 || .620 || 3.8 || 2.8 || 1.9 || .5 || 13.7|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15| style="text-align:left;"| Mississippi State| 28 || 22 || 24.8 || .451 || .360 || .701 || 2.8 || 1.7 || 1.0 || .4 || 11.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16| style="text-align:left;"| Mississippi State| 31 || 31 || 29.2 || .451 || .232 || .676 || 3.9 || 3.0 || 1.3 || .9 || 13.0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career|| 123 || 115 || 27.3 || .449 || .263 || .635 || 3.3 || 2.5 || 1.5 || .6 || 12.1