Matt Lawson
Matt Lawson
Wins his gap play after play. Across four seasons and three programs, four head coaches: Lee Marks, Jeff Tedford, David Braun and Tony Sanchez. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Jacksonville State — Week 7, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at New Mexico State — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Doug Martin, Jerry Kill, and Tony Sanchez. Multi-era developmental context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Sanchez
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | New Mexico State | 30 | 14 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Fresno State | 12 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Fresno State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 47 | 23 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024
W 23–16
vs Southeast Missouri State
0 TFL · 1 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
How he plays
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Two-Gap Base
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Soane Toia’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Kendy Charles's graduate season at Duke (2024).
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