Senior defensive lineman for Auburn. 2023: 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss, 11 tackles.
6′2″ · 310 lb · Fort Wayne, IN
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 1425 nationally · Signed with Purdue
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for Auburn. 2023: 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss, 11 tackles.
Lawrence Johnson
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Lawrence Johnson has played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. The receipt: 3 tackles, 1 TFL against Vanderbilt — Week 10, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Auburn, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
5 coachesPlayed under 5 different head coaches: Gus Malzahn, Kevin Steele, Bryan Harsin, Cadillac Williams, and Hugh Freeze. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (5th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Road6g | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Alex Golesh
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2023
W 45–13
vs Samford
1 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 SACKS
Dominant 32-point win at home against Samford.
With P. Thorne — 282 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 79.9 · 123 rush yds (11 car) · 2 TD · R. Ashford — 58 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.5 · 17 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 14-10@ California | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-13vs Samford | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-27@ Texas A&M | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 18-48@ LSU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-28vs Ole Miss | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-15@ Vanderbilt | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 48-10@ Arkansas | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 13-31@ Maryland | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 6 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
11 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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.
Player DNA
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Tyree Turner’s 2020 season.
Matches Tyree on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Brandon Lane's graduate season at Wisconsin (2025).
Matches Brandon on
Player DNA