#16

Pooh Lawton

Senior safety for Temple. 2025: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 23 tackles.

S · Temple · Sr. · #16

5′11″ · 175 lb · Newark, NJ · West Side

CFB Index 31 · #436 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Temple for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 3 pm ETat ToledoGlass BowlToledo by 6

The numbers

interception · 2025

1 PBU · 23 tackles · 1.5 TFL

Best game: 1 INT, 6 tackles, vs East Carolina

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Temple. 2025: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 23 tackles.

Transferred from Slippery Rock to Temple in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

Solo tackles: 62nd percentile.

The full scouting read

Pooh Lawton

S · Temple · Sr · #16

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Pooh Lawton arrived at Temple from Slippery Rock. The receipt: 5 tackles against Tulane — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Temple5-7HC: K.C. Keeler · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

31Below cohort / limited sample #436 of 544?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#1095 / 2975 · 62nd pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Tackles for loss#1711 / 2975 · 39th pct

1.5

Tackles#1813 / 2975 · 38th pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.2
Road4g	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.6	0.3	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

K.C. Keeler

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

31 · #436 of 544 safeties

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #34 of 38 American Athletic Ss

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Temple	23	19	1.5	0.0	1	1	--
Career		23	19	1.5	0.0	1	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2025

W 27–21

vs UTSA

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.

With D. Atton — 42 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 52 LONG · E. Simon — 181 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.9 · 23 rush yds (5 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 55-7vs Howard	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 3-42vs Oklahoma	2	1	0.5	—	0
Wk 4	L 24-45@ Georgia Tech	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 27-21vs UTSA	2	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 31-32vs Navy	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 49-14@ Charlotte	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 38-37@ Tulsa	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 14-45vs East Carolina	6	6	0.0	1	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 11	L 13-14@ Army	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 13-37vs Tulane	5	5	0.0	—	1
Total		23	19	1.5	1	1

How he plays

Play style

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

23Tackles

19Solo

1.5TFL

0Sacks

1Pass def.

1INT

23 tackles. 1 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 1.5 TFL.

Week 101 INT
Week 131 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

Temple

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Safety · Temple

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -3 net (23 in / 26 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Temple · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #80 · 2026 recruiting class #68

DNA match

Player DNA

Hybrid Nickel

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Vito Tisdale’s 2021 season.

Vito Tisdale

87%match

Kentucky · 2021

Zy Jackson

UL Monroe · 2025

85%

Cam Smith

TCU · 2024

83%

Jeremiah Wilson

Syracuse · 2022

82%

Tyrelle Deener

Eastern Michigan · 2024

81%

Matches Vito on

PD rate

Weight

Tackle volume

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Zy Jackson's freshman season at UL Monroe (2025).

Zy Jackson

92%match

UL Monroe · 2025

Ty Mason

Temple · 2021

87%

Marqui Lowery

Michigan State · 2021

86%

Malachi McLean

New Mexico State · 2022

84%

Lynard Harris

UL Monroe · 2024

81%

Matches Zy on

Class year

Height

PD rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Pooh Lawton

Zy Jackson

UL Monroe · 2025

85%

Background

2026 (Redshirt Senior, Temple): Will compete at the safety position for the 2026 season. 2025 (Redshirt Junior, Temple): Transferred in for the 2025 season ... made his Temple debut vs Howard ... recorded a career-high 6 tackles and first interception as an Owl vs East Carolina ... made his first...

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The secondary · Temple

#29Avery PowellS · Sr.54 tackles · 2025
#16Pooh LawtonS · Sr.23 tackles · 2025
#24Saboor KarriemS · Sr.21 tackles · 2025
#13Denzel ChavisCB · Jr.10 tackles · 2025
#23Zyil PowellS · Sr.9 tackles · 2025

19 more on the roster · Temple team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

202510 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Hybrid Nickel

Players who play like Pooh Lawton

Background

The secondary · Temple