Jordan Lawson

Senior defensive end for Louisiana. 2025: 4.5 sacks, 14.5 tackles for loss, 52 tackles.

DE · Louisiana · Sr.

6′4″ · 243 lb · Brandon, MS

CFB Index 78 · #56 of 420 edge rushersMedium confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Louisiana for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 8 pm ETvs UABCajun FieldLouisiana by 7.5

How he plays

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack.

Tackles for loss: 99th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

4.5

sacks · 2025

14.5 TFL · 52 tackles · 9 hurries

Best game: 2 sacks, 2 TFL, 2 tackles, vs Texas State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for Louisiana. 2025: 4.5 sacks, 14.5 tackles for loss, 52 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Louisiana in 2020.

His career, year by year

Jordan Lawson

DE · Louisiana · Sr

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. This is his fourth year in the same defensive front at Louisiana. All-Sun Belt in 2025 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. The receipt: 6 tackles against Missouri — Week 3, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Michael Desormeaux — 28-25 over that span.

2022Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Balanced

2023Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning

2024Louisiana10-4HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning

2025Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

78All-Conference level #56 of 420?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (99th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (99th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#25 / 2975 · 99th pct

14.5

QB hurries#27 / 2975 · 99th pct

Sacks#136 / 2975 · 95th pct

4.5

Tackles#550 / 2975 · 81st pct

Solo tackles#649 / 2975 · 77th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th 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

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.5	1.3	0.5	0.0
Road7g	4.4	0.9	0.2	0.1

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Michael Desormeaux

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

78 · #56 of 420 edge rushers

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

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Louisiana	52	27	14.5	4.5	1	--	--
2024	Louisiana	44	25	10.5	5.5	1	1	--
2023	Louisiana	43	24	8.5	7.0	--	--	--
2022	Louisiana	21	5	1.0	0.5	--	--	--
Career		160	81	34.5	17.5	2	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 34–10

vs McNeese

1 SOLO · 3 TOT

Dominant 24-point win at home against McNeese.

With B. Davis — 132 rush yds (19 car) · 2 TD · R. Williams — 2 rec · 18 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ 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 13-20@ Delaware	5	4	3.0	0.0	—	0
Total		52	27	14.5	4.5	—	1

How he plays

Play style

No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

52Tackles

27Solo

14.5TFL

4.5Sacks

1Pass def.

0INT

52 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 14.5 TFL.

Week 40.5 sacks
Week 71 PD
Week 91 sack
Week 112 sacks
Week 141 sack

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.

2026 Outlook

Louisiana

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive end · Louisiana

Returning around him

1 Louisiana player drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -3 net (5 in / 8 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Louisiana · Last season: 6-7 · Talent rank #99 · 2026 recruiting class #91

DNA match

Player DNA

Versatile End

No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.

EDGE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Khris Bogle’s 2022 season.

Khris Bogle

88%match

Michigan State · 2022

Jahfari Harvey

Miami · 2021

84%

Jayd Thiergood

Air Force · 2021

81%

Devean Deal

Tulane · 2023

78%

Connor O'Toole

Utah · 2024

77%

Matches Khris on

Sack rate

Weight

TFL rate

Differs from Khris on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Justin Mascoll's senior season at Clemson (2023).

Justin Mascoll

83%match

Clemson · 2023

Andres Fox

Memphis · 2023

78%

Dasan McCullough

Nebraska · 2025

78%

Devin Aupiu

UCLA · 2024

76%

Korey Foreman

Fresno State · 2024

76%

Matches Justin on

Class year

Height

Sack rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Jordan Lawson

Isaiah Bagnah

BYU · 2023

93%

Marlon Bradley

Florida Atlantic · 2023

88%

Connor O'Toole

Utah · 2024

85%

Miles Capers

Vanderbilt · 2025

84%

Gary Wiley

SMU · 2022

83%

The defensive line · Louisiana

Jordan LawsonDE · Sr.14.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#93Jaelen CriderDL · Sr.3.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#90Kadarius MillerDL · Sr.2 tackles for loss · 2025
#68Fitzgerald West Jr.DL · Sr.2 tackles for loss · 2025
#95Maxie Baudoin IVDL · Sr.1 tackle for loss · 2025

13 more on the roster · Louisiana team page

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

Jordan Lawson

2020

202414 games

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Versatile End

Players who play like Jordan Lawson

The defensive line · Louisiana