Manny Lawrence-Burke: LB · Kent State · #28.
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Manny Lawrence-Burke
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Played for two head coaches at Kent State: Paul Haynes and Sean Lewis. The first career honor came in 2021: MAC Defensive Player of the Week. One game to point at: 14 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Ohio — Week 8, 2021.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
77 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interception. 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Kent State | 85 | 52 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2020 | Kent State | 14 | 10 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Kent State | 96 | 48 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2018 | Kent State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Kent State | 76 | 33 | 6.5 | 0.5 | -- | 1 |
| 2016 | Kent State | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 278 | 146 | 16.0 | 4.5 | 7 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-41@ No. 6 Texas A&M | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 60-10vs VMI | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-30@ No. 5 Iowa | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 16-37@ Maryland | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-20vs Bowling Green | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 48-38vs Buffalo | 13 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 7 | L 31-64@ Western Michigan | 8 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-27@ Ohio | 14 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 30-54@ Central Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-0@ Akron | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 48-47vs Miami (OH) | 7 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 23-41vs Northern Illinois | 9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 77 | 46 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 |
Week 13 · 2021
W 48-47
vs Miami (OH)
1 interception · 1.5 tackles for loss · 7 tackles
Edged out Miami (OH) at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
85tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%3 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
6%5 pass breakups85 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 7.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Road7g | 5.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 7.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sean Lewis
Pass share
39.1%
405 pass / 632 run
Plays / game
79.8
13 games
Team sack rate
8.7%
450 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
85 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #307 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons at Kent State, 278 tackles — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Paul Haynes → Sean Lewis. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
