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ASHBURN — New Washington Redskins safety Su’a Cravens already is a fan favorite, and he hasn’t yet played a down for the team.

Cravens, the team’s second-round draft pick out of Southern Cal, has been spotted around the region since being picked, taking tours of D.C., Georgetown, Baltimore and the Ashburn area.

He’s also paying homage to one of the Redskins greats, former safety Sean Taylor, who was killed at the peak of his career. Cravens wore No. 21 in Taylor’s honor at USC, and will wear No. 36 with the Redskins, the number Taylor wore as a rookie in Washington.

When he’s not hopping around the region, Cravens has been in the gym, and he took the field for the first time Friday with the team’s other rookies as part of Washington’s three-day rookie minicamp.

One day after being drafted, he lamented the two-week wait he’d have for this day, joking the team would have to “lock me out of the facility.”

Cravens’ work ethic was on full display on draft weekend. When he wasn’t selected in the first round, he went straight to the gym that night.