Last confirmed: Auburn, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · Alpharetta, GA · Milton
Carl Lawson: DL · Auburn · #55.
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Carl Lawson
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. On tape: 6 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against Georgia, Week 11, 2016.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
30 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 13.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Auburn | 30 | 15 | 13.5 | 9.0 |
| Career | 30 | 15 | 13.5 | 9.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 13-19vs No. 2 Clemson | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 51-14vs Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 16-29vs No. 17 Texas A&M | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 18-13vs No. 18 LSU | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 5 | W 58-7vs UL Monroe | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-14@ Mississippi State | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 8 | W 56-3vs No. 17 Arkansas | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 40-29@ Ole Miss | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 23-16vs Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-13@ Georgia | 6 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 12-30@ No. 1 Alabama | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 19-35@ No. 7 Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 15 | 13.5 | 9.0 | — | 0 |
Week 4 · 2016
W 18-13
vs LSU
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
45%14 TFLSack rate
30%9 sacksHurry rate
80%24 hurries30 tackles · 13.5 for loss · 9 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Gus Malzahn
Pass share
31.1%
286 pass / 634 run
Plays / game
70.8
13 games
Team sack rate
5.8%
311 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Auburn, 9 sacks — drafted at #116 overall by the Cincinnati Bengals.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Gus Malzahn.
Where he ended up · NFL
Cincinnati BengalsEntering 10th NFL season
Cincinnati BengalsEntering 10th NFL season
