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Born: | Alpharetta, Georgia, U.S. | June 29, 1995||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 265 lb (120 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Milton (GA) | ||||||||
College: | Auburn | ||||||||
Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 2017 / Round: 4 / Pick: 116 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Carl Lawson (born June 29, 1995) is an American football defensive end who is a free agent. He played college football at Auburn.
Lawson attended Milton High School in Milton, Georgia. He had 87 tackles and 15 sacks as a junior and 78 tackles and 27 sacks his senior year. Lawson was a consensus five-star recruit and was ranked among the top recruits in his class. [1] He committed to Auburn University to play college football. [2]
As a true freshman at Auburn in 2013, Lawson had 20 tackles and four sacks. He missed his sophomore year in 2014 due to a torn ACL. [3] [4] In 2015, Lawson played in only seven games in his junior season due to injuries, recording 17 tackles and one sack. [5] [6]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 1+3⁄4 in (1.87 m) | 261 lb (118 kg) | 31+1⁄2 in (0.80 m) | 10+3⁄8 in (0.26 m) | 4.67 s | 1.60 s | 2.67 s | 4.19 s | 7.46 s | 33.0 in (0.84 m) | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) | 35 reps | |
All values from NFL Combine [7] [8] [9] |
Lawson was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the fourth round, 116th overall, in the 2017 NFL Draft. [10] He played in all 16 games with one start, recording 16 tackles and 8.5 sacks. His 8.5 sacks finished second on the team behind Geno Atkins' 9.0 and first among all rookies, earning him a spot on the Pro Football Writers of America All-Rookie Team.
In 2018, Lawson played in eight games before suffering a season-ending torn ACL in Week 8. [11] He was placed on injured reserve on November 5, 2018. [12]
On March 18, 2021, Lawson signed a three-year, $45 million contract with the New York Jets. [13]
On August 19, 2021, during a joint practice with the Green Bay Packers, Lawson went down with an apparent left leg injury. An MRI later confirmed that Lawson had suffered a ruptured Achilles’ tendon in his left leg, ending his 2021 season. [14]
Legend | |
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Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sack | Sfty | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2017 | CIN | 16 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | CIN | 7 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | CIN | 12 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | CIN | 16 | 11 | 36 | 18 | 18 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | NYJ | 0 | 0 | Did not play due to injury | ||||||||||||||
2022 | NYJ | 17 | 17 | 33 | 18 | 15 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
2023 | NYJ | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 74 | 31 | 119 | 69 | 50 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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