Junior safety on South Alabama's 2018 roster.
5′11″ · 190 lb · Smiths Station, AL
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 1787 nationally · Signed with South Alabama
Statement game17 tacklesat Arkansas State (FBS) · L 14-38
Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 safety on South Alabama's roster.
Nigel Lawrence
Nigel Lawrence has played for two head coaches in three seasons at South Alabama. One game to point at: 17 tackles against Arkansas State — Week 10, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at South Alabama, 205 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Joey Jones → Steve Campbell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: tackles (89th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (82nd percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (8th 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
2018 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 9.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 10.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 9.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 11.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Major Applewhite
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2018
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | South Alabama | 70 | 34 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | South Alabama | 82 | 46 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2016 | South Alabama | 53 | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 205 | 108 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 26-30vs Louisiana Tech | 12 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-55@ Oklahoma State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-31vs Texas State | 11 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 35-52@ Memphis | 11 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-52@ App State | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-38@ Arkansas State | 17 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 17 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 31-28vs Coastal Carolina | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 70 | 34 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |