Dylan Lawrence

Former safety at Southern Miss. 2024: 2 interceptions, 41 tackles.

S · Southern Miss · Sr. · #6

6′4″ · 215 lb · Lucedale, MS

CFB Index 48 · #283 of 537 safetiesMedium confidenceSouthern Miss 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 1536 nationally · Signed with Mississippi State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former safety at Southern Miss. 2024: 2 interceptions, 41 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Mississippi State in 2019.
Transferred from Mississippi State to Southern Miss in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Southern Miss, 127 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2019

Signed with Mississippi State3-star out of George County

202311 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1536 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

4 coaches

2019

Jay Hopson

Southern Miss

2020

Scotty Walden

Southern Miss

era →

2021–2023

Will Hall

Southern Miss

era →

2024

Reed Stringer

Southern Miss

era →

Played under 4 different head coaches: Jay Hopson, Scotty Walden, Will Hall, and Reed Stringer. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Mississippi State6-7HC: Joe Moorhead · Run-heavy

2020Mississippi State4-7HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2021Mississippi State7-6HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2022Mississippi State9-4HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy

2023Southern Miss3-9HC: Will Hall · Run-leaning

2024Southern Miss1-11HC: Reed Stringer · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

48Rotational starter #283 of 537?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#132 / 862 · 74th pct

Solo tackles#838 / 2892 · 70th pct

Tackles#901 / 2892 · 68th pct

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Tackles for loss#1667 / 2892 · 38th pct

1.5

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road6g	3.7	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

48 · #283 of 537 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #283 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Southern Miss	41	24	1.5	0.0	--	2	--
2023	Southern Miss	72	37	1.0	1.0	1	--	--
2022	Mississippi State	5	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Mississippi State	5	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Mississippi State	3	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Mississippi State	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		127	66	2.5	1.0	1	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 35–10

vs SE Louisiana

1 TD · 5 SOLO · 7 TOT

Dominant 25-point win at home against SE Louisiana.

With B. Lofton — 47 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 55 LONG · T. Rodemaker — 179 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 32.7 · -4 rush yds (3 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 0-31@ Kentucky	6	2	0.0	1
Wk 2	W 35-10vs SE Louisiana	7	5	0.0	1
Wk 3	L 24-49vs South Florida	4	3	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 7-44@ Jacksonville State	8	6	0.5	—	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 6	L 13-23vs Louisiana	2	0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 21-38@ UL Monroe	3	3	1.0	—
Wk 8	L 28-44vs Arkansas State	3	3	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 15-32@ James Madison	3	1	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 3-37vs Marshall	3	0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 3-58@ Texas State	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 20-52@ Troy	1	1	0.0	—
Total		41	24	1.5	2

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

Dylan Lawrence

2019

202311 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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