Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 9-19@ South Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 33-20vs Buffalo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#6
Lawrence Johnson
Junior defensive back on Florida International's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 190 lb · Miami, FL
Transferred Florida Atlantic → Florida International for 202
Recruiting
3★
CB recruit
No. 1816 nationally · Signed with Florida Atlantic
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive back on Florida International's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Florida Atlantic in 2024.
- Transferred from Florida Atlantic to Florida International in 2026.
Lawrence Johnson
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Across three seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Chad Lunsford, Zach Kittley and Willie Simmons. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Buffalo — Week 2, 2026.
2 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
20247 games
- Signed with Florida Atlantic3-star out of Miami Palmetto
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coaches2024
Florida International
2025–2026era →
Willie Simmons
Florida International
Coaching transition mid-career: Mike MacIntyre → Willie Simmons. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Florida International
2025Florida Atlantic
2026Florida International
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024Florida Atlantic3-9HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-leaning
2025Florida Atlantic4-8HC: Zach Kittley · Pass-heavy, fast tempo
2026Florida International1-1HC: Willie Simmons · Pass-leaning, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Simmons
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Florida International | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Florida Atlantic | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Florida Atlantic | 17 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 28 | 19 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 33–20
vs Buffalo
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Cover Corner
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
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His 2024 production profile sits closest to Sammy Anderson’s 2022 season.
79%match
Matches Sammy on
PD rate
Class year
Tackle volume
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Vincent Nunley's freshman season at Washington (2023).
95%match
Matches Vincent on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Lawrence Johnson
The secondary · Florida International
- #1Shamir Sterlin62 tackles · 2025
- #4Wesley Miller53 tackles · 2025
- #3Demetrius Hill19 tackles · 2025
- #7Jai-Ayviauynn Celestine17 tackles · 2025
- #6Lawrence Johnson9 tackles · 2025
14 more on the roster · Florida International team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology