#35

Lawrence Graham

Senior linebacker for Tulane. 2019: 67 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.

LB · Tulane · Sr. · #35

5′10″ · 220 lb · Jacksonville, FL

Tulane 2019 alumnus

The story

4 linebacker for Tulane. 2019: 67 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Tulane in 2016.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

OLB recruit

No. 2585 nationally · Signed with Tulane

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Tulane, 141 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2016

Signed with Tulane2-star out of American Heritage Palm Beach

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2585 national

CFB

College

Tulane

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Willie Fritz

Tulane

Played his entire career under Willie Fritz.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Willie Fritz — 23-27 over that span.

2016Tulane4-8HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2017Tulane5-7HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

2018Tulane7-6HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

2019Tulane7-6HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (96th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (89th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#80 / 2688 · 96th pct

Solo tackles#290 / 2688 · 89th pct

Tackles for loss#312 / 2688 · 88th pct

7.5

Tackles#339 / 2688 · 87th pct

Sacks#741 / 2688 · 70th pct

1.5

Passes defended#1097 / 2688 · 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

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.5	0.6	0.1	0.0
Road6g	6.7	0.7	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.8	0.5	0.1	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	6.3	0.8	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Hall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Tulane	67	42	7.5	1.5	1	--	--
2018	Tulane	61	38	8.0	4.5	--	1	--
2017	Tulane	12	7	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2016	Tulane	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		141	88	15.5	6.0	1	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week