Jordan Lawson is a defensive end at Louisiana who has not played in Louisiana's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Louisiana lists 18 defensive linemen this season.
Louisiana is 5-3. Next: vs South Alabama, Sat Nov 7.
Lawson holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Fourth year in the same defensive front at Louisiana. All-Sun Belt in 2025 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against Missouri — Week 3, 2025.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
52 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 14.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 12-14vs Rice | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 2 | W 34-10vs McNeese | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-52@ No. 25 Missouri | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 31-34@ Eastern Michigan | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 54-51vs Marshall | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-24@ James Madison | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-22vs Southern Miss | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 23-35@ Troy | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-22@ South Alabama | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-39vs Texas State | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 13 | W 34-30@ Arkansas State | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 30-27vs UL Monroe | 5 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 13-20vs Delaware | 5 | 4 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 52 | 27 | 14.5 | 4.5 | — | 1 |
Week 11 · 2025
W 42-39
vs Texas State
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 2 tackles
Edged out Texas State at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
9%4 sacksTFL rate
28%14 TFLHurry rate
17%9 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
33%4 of 14 pressures52 tackles · 14.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Michael Desormeaux — 28-25 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 4.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.9 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Michael Desormeaux
Pass share
40.1%
341 pass / 509 run
Plays / game
65.4
13 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
317 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #56 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix to repeat All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #3 of 17 Sun Belt DEs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 49% of returning players who ranked #1–3 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 43–54%).
The No. 2,154 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the Sun Belt as a senior.
A stat line in 49 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM
All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Billy Napier → Michael Desormeaux. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
