Defensive end, Clemson, 2012–15
Shaq Lawson
- Number
- No. 90
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 270 lb
- Hometown
- Central, SC
- Born
- Jun 17, 1994, in Central, South Carolina
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Shaq Lawson played defensive end at Clemson (2012–15). He was a consensus All‑American in 2015. The Buffalo Bills took Lawson in the first round, No. 19 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Team titles: ACC champions, 2015
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Tackles | |
|---|---|---|
| TFL | Sacks | |
| 2013 | 9.5 | 4 |
| 2014 | 11.5 | 3.5 |
| 2015 | 24.5 | 12.5 |
| Career | 45.5 | 20 |
From the college statistics table in Lawson’s Wikipedia article (Shaq Lawson, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
The teams
No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | PBU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
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.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2016 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′2⅝″ |
| Weight | 269 lb |
| Arm length | 32¾″ |
| Hand size | 10″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.70 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.63 sW |
| Vertical jump | 33″ |
| Broad jump | 10′0″ |
| 3-cone drill | 7.16 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.21 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, 98 games with a stat; latest team: Buffalo Bills.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Buffalo Bills | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | Buffalo Bills | 10 | 29 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | Buffalo Bills | 13 | 28 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 30 | 6.5 | 0 |
| 2020 | Miami Dolphins | 13 | 32 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | New York Jets | 12 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 28 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 2023 | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| NFL career | 98 | 190 | 26 | 1 | |
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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