#55

Carl Lawson

Former defensive lineman at Auburn. 2016: 9 sacks, 13.5 tackles for loss, 30 tackles.

DL · Auburn · #55

6′2″ · Alpharetta, GA

Cincinnati — drafted 2017, Rd 4, Pick 9, #116 overall

Recruiting

5★

WDE recruit

No. 22 nationally · Signed with Auburn

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Auburn. 2016: 9 sacks, 13.5 tackles for loss, 30 tackles.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Auburn in 2013.
Drafted round 4 by the Cincinnati in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Auburn, 9 sacks — drafted at #116 overall by Cincinnati.

His career

2013

Signed with Auburn5-star out of Milton

2017

Drafted by Cincinnatiround 4, pick 116

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#22 national

CFB

College

Auburn

2016

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #116

Cincinnati · 2017

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CincinnatiEntering 10th NFL season

#116Rd 4 · Pick 9

CincinnatiEntering 10th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Auburn8-5HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (100th percentile). Strength: sacks (99th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#1 / 2668 · 100th pct

Sacks#27 / 2668 · 99th pct

9.0

Tackles for loss#51 / 2668 · 98th pct

13.5

Tackles#1365 / 2668 · 48th pct

Solo tackles#1523 / 2668 · 41st pct

Passes defended#1657 / 2668 · 19th 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

2016 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.1	1.0	0.8	0.0
Road5g	3.0	1.3	0.7	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Golesh

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Auburn	30	15	13.5	9.0	--	--	--
Career		30	15	13.5	9.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2016

W 18–13

vs LSU

4 TOT · 3 SOLO · 2 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With S. White — 234 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.3 · -9 rush yds (6 car) · K. Johnson — 93 rush yds (22 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week