Manny Lawson with the San Francisco 49ers, 2010
With the San Francisco 49ers, 2010. Photo: BrokenSphere, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive end, NC State, 2002–⁠05

Manny Lawson

Lettered 2002–⁠05 (school media guide)

Born
Jul 13, 1984, in Goldsboro, North Carolina

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Manny Lawson played defensive end at NC State (2002–⁠05). The San Francisco 49ers took Lawson in the first round, No. 22 overall in the 2006 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2005
First-team All-ACC
Drafted
No. 22
Overall, 2006 NFL Draft (San Francisco 49ers)

Honors

Returns

SeasonTeamPRYdsTD
2005‡NC State260

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). ‡ Short by one game in 2005 (Nov 5 at Florida State): the source has no box score for it. Kickoff returns are in our source’s box scores from 2009; before that most are missing, so return totals from those years may leave them out.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksPBUFFHur
20051233255819.510.54114

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

2005 NC State 2 games, 2 returns, 6 yards
DateOpponentResultPRYds
Oct 13vs.ClemsonL 10–⁠3117
Dec 31 ✦vs.South FloridaW 14–⁠01−1

No box score in the source for Nov 5 at Florida State, so that game is not listed.

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2006
Height6′5⅜″
Weight241 lb
Arm length33¾″
Hand size9⅞″
40-yard dash4.44 s
10-yard split1.53 sW
Vertical jump39½″
Broad jump10′4″
Bench press23 reps
3-cone drill6.90 s
20-yard shuttle4.18 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

10 seasons, 135 games with a stat; latest team: Buffalo Bills.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2006San Francisco 49ers164831
2007San Francisco 49ers21010
2008San Francisco 49ers124430
2009San Francisco 49ers16586.50
2010San Francisco 49ers16542.51
2011Cincinnati Bengals15481.50
2012Cincinnati Bengals153520
2013Buffalo Bills156341
2014Buffalo Bills12171.50
2015Buffalo Bills164011
NFL career135417264

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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