#33

Zeiqui Lawton

DL · Sam Houston · Sr. · #33

In transfer portal — destination TBD (from Sam Houston)
This season's coverage starts August 26 — check back once kickoff hits.

Zeiqui Lawton

DL · Sam Houston · Sr · #33

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#559 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2023–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025

2 coaches
2023
K.C. Keeler
Sam Houston
2025
Phil Longo
Sam Houston
era →

Coaching transition mid-career: K.C. Keeler → Phil Longo. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

In Portal · 2026

In transfer portal

2025Sam Houston
DestinationTBD

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023West Virginia9-4HC: Neal Brown · Run-heavy
2025Sam Houston2-10HC: Phil Longo · Balanced

Career stats

SeasonTeam
2025Sam Houston1353.01.5------
2023West Virginia1--0.50.0------
Career1453.51.5------

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2025

W 26–23

vs Delaware

1 SOLO  ·  1 TOT  ·  1 REC

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

How he plays

Play style

Disrupts the pocket from the interior.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

3-Tech Penetrator

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jevon Banks’s 2024 season.

Jevon Banks

81%match

UConn · 2024

#2

Tylon Dunlap

Kennesaw State · 2024

80%
#3

Julien Laventure

Akron · 2025

All-MAC
79%
#4

TyJuan Garbutt

Virginia Tech · 2021

79%
#5

Dillon Springer

Georgia Southern · 2021

78%

Matches Jevon on

Weight
TFL rate
Sack rate

Differs from Jevon on

Height (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Dillon Springer's sophomore season at Georgia Southern (2021).

Georgia Southern · 2021

#2

T.D. Moultry

Auburn · 2021

86%
#3

Kydran Jenkins

Purdue · 2022

All-Big Ten
81%
#4

Neto Okpala

Boston College · 2022

79%
#5

Justin Ellis

Georgia Southern · 2021

All-Sun BeltNFL Rd 4
79%

Matches Dillon on

Height
Sack rate
Weight

Heisman trajectory

Heisman Trajectory · 2025

Peak #10932

Final rank
#12442
Avg #11948.3
Finalist prob 0%

Peaked at #10932 this season.