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Defensive line, Auburn, 2013–16
Carl Lawson
- Number
- No. 55
- Height
- 6′2″
- Hometown
- Alpharetta, GA
- Born
- Jun 29, 1995, in Alpharetta, Georgia
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Carl Lawson played defensive line at Auburn (2013–16). The Cincinnati Bengals took Lawson in round 4, No. 116 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
2sacks, career hightwice; last at Mississippi State, 2016Honors
Team titles: SEC champions, 2013
All-America: FWAA 2016
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Auburn | 30 | 15 | 13.5 | 9 | 0 | 24 |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 7.5 | 4 | 2 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2016 Auburn 12 games, 30 tackles, 9 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Clemson | L 13–19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Arkansas State | W 51–14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Texas A&M | L 16–29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs. LSU | W 18–13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | vs. UL Monroe | W 58–7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | at Mississippi State | W 38–14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | vs. Arkansas | W 56–3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | at Ole Miss | W 40–29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Vanderbilt | W 23–16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | at Georgia | L 7–13 | 6 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | at Alabama | L 12–30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. Oklahoma | L 19–35 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2017 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′1¾″ |
| Weight | 261 lb |
| Arm length | 31½″ |
| Hand size | 10⅜″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.67 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.60 sW |
| Vertical jump | 33″ |
| Broad jump | 9′6″ |
| Bench press | 35 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.46 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.19 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
8 seasons, 79 games with a stat; latest team: Baltimore Ravens.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Cincinnati Bengals | 13 | 16 | 8.5 | 0 |
| 2018 | Cincinnati Bengals | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | Cincinnati Bengals | 12 | 23 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 36 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 2022 | New York Jets | 16 | 32 | 7 | 0 |
| 2023 | New York Jets | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Dallas Cowboys | 11 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | Baltimore Ravens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 79 | 131 | 32 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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