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Keli Lawson

Senior linebacker for UCF. 2025: 33 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · UCF · Sr.

6′4″ · 223 lb · Stephens City, VA

CFB Index 42 · #363 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to UCF for 2026

The numbers

33

tackles · 2025

2 TFL · 2 sacks · 1 PBU

Backed by 12 tackles -- top 1% tackles game. -- Best game: 3 tackles, 2 TFL, 2 sacks, at BYU

Swing playSwung Virginia Tech from 64% to 88% to win.Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech · 28-27

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for UCF. 2025: 33 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

  • Signed as a 3-star recruit to Virginia Tech in 2021.
  • Transferred from Virginia Tech to UCF in 2025.
His career, year by year

How he plays

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.

Sacks: 80th percentile.

The full scouting read

Keli Lawson

LB · UCF · Sr

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. Keli Lawson has played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. In 2023 the league put his name on paper for the first time: ACC Linebacker Player of the Week. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Texas Tech — Week 12, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

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  • head-coach lineage
  • recognition record
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Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology