Pooh Lawton is a safety at Temple who has not played in Temple's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Temple lists 24 defensive backs this season.
Temple is 2-6. Next: at Navy, Sat Nov 7.
Lawton moves between deep coverage and the slot. Arrived at Temple from Slippery Rock. A game that shows it: 5 tackles against Tulane — Week 13, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 1.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Temple | 23 | 19 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 23 | 19 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 55-7vs Howard | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 3-42vs No. 13 Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-45@ No. 18 Georgia Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-21vs UTSA | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 31-32vs Navy | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 49-14@ Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-37@ Tulsa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-45vs East Carolina | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 13-14@ Army | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-37vs No. 24 Tulane | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 23 | 19 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
23tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%2 TFL23 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 pass breakup · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
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
Head Coach
K.C. Keeler
Pass share
47.0%
348 pass / 392 run
Plays / game
61.7
12 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
349 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #34 of 38 American Athletic Ss
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
