A three-time permanent team captain at LSU (2017-19), Lawrence played in 44 games (34 starts) in four years with the Tigers … registered 120 tackles, 21 tackles for loss, 9.0 sacks, seven passes defensed, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery … 2019 second-team All-SEC selection and named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll in both 2017 and 2018.
2019: A team captain and second-team All-SEC selection, started 11 of 12 games he appeared in for the National Championship squad … started each of the final nine games … recorded 28 tackles, six tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks … had three tackles and a tackle for loss in the 42-25 win over Clemson in CFP National Championship Game … had two tackles against Oklahoma as the Tigers defense limited QB Jalen Hurts to 15-of-31 passing with an INT; the Tigers also held OU to only 97 rushing yards, its lowest total of the year and the first time since the 2016 season-opener vs. Houston the Sooners were held under 100 rushing yards … helped limit the Georgia rushing attack to less than 100 yards and totaled four tackles and a tackles for loss in the SEC Championship.
2018: Named a permanent team captain for the second consecutive season and started all 13 games … finished the year with career highs in tackles (54), tackles for loss (10.5), sacks (4.0) and added three passes defensed … capped the season with a dominating performance in the 40-32 win over UCF in the Fiesta Bowl at State Farm Stadium when he had five tackles, four tackles for loss and a pair of sacks in the bowl victory, earning Defensive Player of the Game honors … played nearly every defensive snap in the seven-overtime contest against Texas A&M, finishing with five tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack … posted a career-best eight tackles against Mississippi State when the Tigers limited the Bulldogs to only a field goal and 260 total yards … earned a spot on the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the second straight year.
2017: Named a permanent team captain as a sophomore and started all 10 games he appeared in for the Tigers, including final eight games of the season … finished season with 32 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks … had six tackles and a tackle for loss against Notre Dame in the Citrus Bowl … best outing of the year came in the win over Syracuse with five tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack … earned a spot on the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2016:Â Played in nine games as a true freshman and totaled six tackles and a sack ... recorded his first-career sack against Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson vs. Louisville in the Citrus Bowl.
One of the top defenders in high school football as a senior at Neville (Monroe, LA) High School, was rated the nation's No. 21 ranked player according to Scout and the No. 1 player in Louisiana per ESPN … selected to the 2015 Max Preps first-team defense … earned an invitation to the 2016 Under Armour Game … helped lead Neville to back-to-back 4A state titles in 2014 and 2015 ... had three sacks in Neville's 28-27 win over Warren East in 2014 state title game ... propelled Neville to a 14-0 record in 2015 after going 14-1 in 2014 ... finished his senior year with 91 tackles, 15 tackles for loss and 8.0 sacks ... uncle is former LSU standout Oliver Lawrence, who played linebacker for the Tigers from 1985-89 and finished his career with 180 tackles, 14 tackles for loss and 16 sacks and was a member of LSU's 1986 and 1988 SEC title teams … father, Ronald, was a star QB at Carroll High who played two seasons at Louisiana-Monroe with his twin brother, Donald, before transferring to Grambling.
