Linebacker, UCF (from Virginia Tech), 2021–25
Keli Lawson
- Number
- No. 0
- Height
- 6′4″
- Weight
- 223 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Stephens City, VA
Keli Lawson played linebacker at Virginia Tech (2021–24) and UCF (2025).
Career highs
14tackles, career highvs. Purdue, 20232sacks, career highat BYU, 2025Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | 23 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | 76 | 37 | 7 | 2.5 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 2024 | Virginia Tech | 40 | 20 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | UCF | 33 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Career | 173 | 93 | 13.5 | 5.5 | 3 | 12 | 6 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Virginia Tech | 0 | LB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | 0 | LB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | 0 | LB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2024 | Virginia Tech | 0 | LB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2025 | UCF | 0 | LB | Sr. (Yr 5) | 6′4″ | 223 |
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
2025 UCF 11 games, 33 tackles, 2 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | vs. Jacksonville State | W 17–10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 20 | vs. North Carolina | W 34–9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 27 | at Kansas State | L 20–34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | vs. Kansas | L 20–27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 11 | at Cincinnati | L 11–20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | vs. West Virginia | W 45–13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | at Baylor | L 3–30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 7 | vs. Houston | L 27–30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | at Texas Tech | L 9–48 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 22 | vs. Oklahoma State | W 17–14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | at BYU | L 21–41 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2024 Virginia Tech 11 games, 40 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | at Vanderbilt | L 27–34 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Marshall | W 31–14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sep 14 | at Old Dominion | W 37–17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | vs. Rutgers | L 23–26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 27 | at Miami | L 34–38 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 17 | vs. Boston College | W 42–21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | vs. Georgia Tech | W 21–6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 2 | at Syracuse | L 31–38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | vs. Clemson | L 14–24 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | at Duke | L 28–31 | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 30 | vs. Virginia | W 37–17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Virginia Tech 12 games, 76 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs.Old Dominion | W 36–17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Purdue | L 17–24 | 14 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 16 | atRutgers | L 16–35 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | atMarshall | L 17–24 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | vs. Pittsburgh | W 38–21 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | at Florida State | L 17–39 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 14 | vs. Wake Forest | W 30–13 | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 26 | vs.Syracuse | W 38–10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | atBoston College | W 48–22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs. NC State | L 28–35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | atVirginia | W 55–17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. Tulane | W 41–20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 Virginia Tech 8 games, 23 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | atOld Dominion | L 17–20 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sep 17 | vs. Wofford | W 27–7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | vs.West Virginia | L 10–33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | atNorth Carolina | L 10–41 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 27 | atNC State | L 21–22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs.Georgia Tech | L 27–28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 12 | atDuke | L 7–24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | at Liberty | W 23–22 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2021 Virginia Tech 1 game, 1 tackle
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20 | atMiami | L 26–38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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