Lawrence Jackson at USC
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Defensive end, USC, 2003–⁠07

Lawrence Jackson

Lettered 2004–⁠07 (school media guide)

Hometown
Inglewood, CA
Born
Aug 30, 1985, in Los Angeles, California

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Lawrence Jackson played defensive end at USC (2003–⁠07). The Seattle Seahawks took Jackson in the first round, No. 28 overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2007
First-team All-Pac-10
Drafted
No. 28
Overall, 2008 NFL Draft (Seattle Seahawks)

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2004; Pac-10 champions, 2006

All-America: AP second team 2007

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2004USC1
2006USC1
Career2

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
20051232134512.5100641
2006132617431141311
On file58308823.5141952

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

Game by game

2006 USC 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Jan 1 ✦vs.MichiganW 32–⁠181
2004 USC 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Nov 13vs.ArizonaW 49–⁠91

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2008Pro day 2008
Height6′4¼″
Weight271 lb
Arm length34⅛″
Hand size9⅛″
40-yard dash4.82 s
10-yard split1.60 sW
Vertical jump31″34½″W
Broad jump9′0″
Bench press31 reps
3-cone drill7.08 s
20-yard shuttle4.40 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

5 seasons, 60 games with a stat; latest team: Detroit Lions.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2008Seattle Seahawks132520
2009Seattle Seahawks16274.50
2010Detroit Lions103160
2011Detroit Lions10264.50
2012Detroit Lions11182.50
NFL career6012719.50

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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