Des Lawrence

Cornerback on North Carolina's 2016 roster.

CB · North Carolina · #2

6′1″ · Charlotte, NC

North Carolina 2016 alumnus

The story

2016 cornerback on North Carolina's roster.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at North Carolina, 37 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

North Carolina

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Larry Fedora

North Carolina

Played his entire career under Larry Fedora.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Larry Fedora — 25-15 over that span.

2014North Carolina6-7HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced, fast tempo

2015North Carolina11-3HC: Larry Fedora · Run-leaning

2016North Carolina8-5HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (98th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (28th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#45 / 2668 · 98th pct

Solo tackles#790 / 2668 · 70th pct

Sacks#763 / 2668 · 64th pct

1.0

Tackles#1075 / 2668 · 59th pct

Tackles for loss#1319 / 2668 · 46th pct

2.0

QB hurries#1174 / 2668 · 28th 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	3.3	0.2	0.1	1.0
Road5g	2.8	0.1	0.0	0.6

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	2.8	0.2	0.1	0.9
Weeks 8+4g	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill Belichick

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	North Carolina	37	28	2.0	1.0	10	--	--
2015	North Carolina	--	--	--	--	--	2	--
2014	North Carolina	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		37	28	2.0	1.0	10	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2016

W 37–35

at Florida State

4 TOT · 4 SOLO

Edged out Florida State on the road in a shootout.

With M. Trubisky — 405 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.0 · -6 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · T. Logan — 77 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 24-33vs Georgia	4	4	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 48-23@ Illinois	1	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 56-28vs James Madison	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	3
Wk 4	W 37-36vs Pittsburgh	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 37-35@ Florida State	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 3-34vs Virginia Tech	1	0	0.5	0.0	—	2
Wk 7	W 20-13@ Miami	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 35-14@ Virginia	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	L 27-28@ Duke	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	1	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 12	W 41-7vs The Citadel	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 21-28vs NC State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Bowl	L 23-25vs Stanford	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		37	28	2.0	1.0	—	10

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