#90

Dexter Lawrence

Former defensive tackle at Clemson. 2018: 1 sack, 6.5 tackles for loss, 32 tackles.

DT · Clemson · Jr. · #90

6′4″ · 340 lb · Wake Forest, NC

New York — drafted 2019, Rd 1, Pick 17, #17 overall

Recruiting

5★

DT recruit

No. 2 nationally · Signed with Clemson

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive tackle at Clemson. 2018: 1 sack, 6.5 tackles for loss, 32 tackles.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Clemson in 2016.
Drafted round 1 by the New York in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Clemson, 129 tackles — drafted at #17 overall by New York.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201614 games

Signed with Clemson5-star out of Wake Forest

2019

Drafted by New Yorkround 1, pick 17

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#2 national

CFB

College

Clemson

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #17

New York · 2019

Badges

Top-10 Recruit

Featured in The Canon

#76

The 100 Best Players of the CFP Era

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Dabo Swinney

Clemson

Played his entire career under Dabo Swinney.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New YorkEntering 8th NFL season

#17Rd 1 · Pick 17

New YorkEntering 8th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 41-3 over that span.

2016Clemson14-1HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Clemson12-2HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning

2018Clemson15-0HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (97th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (84th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#60 / 2662 · 97th pct

Tackles for loss#403 / 2662 · 84th pct

6.5

Passes defended#519 / 2662 · 76th pct

Sacks#797 / 2662 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles#1259 / 2662 · 52nd pct

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th pct

Solo tackles#1570 / 2662 · 39th 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

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.7	0.4	0.0	0.3
Road6g	2.2	0.6	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.8	0.1	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	3.0	0.9	0.1	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dabo Swinney

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Clemson	32	14	6.5	1.0	3	--	--
2017	Clemson	34	13	3.0	2.5	--	--	--
2016	Clemson	63	22	9.0	7.0	1	--	--
Career		129	49	18.5	10.5	4	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week