Rushawn Lawrence is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Minnesota.
Lawrence wins the gap play after play. Transferred to Minnesota from Stony Brook. A game that shows it: 4 tackles against Nebraska — Week 8, 2025.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 0 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Minnesota | 20 | 11 | 3.0 | 1.0 |
| Career | 20 | 11 | 3.0 | 1.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-10vs Buffalo | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 66-0vs Northwestern State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-27@ California | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 31-28vs Rutgers | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 3-42@ No. 1 Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-20vs Purdue | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-6vs No. 25 Nebraska | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 3-41@ Iowa | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 23-20vs Michigan State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 17-7vs Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 11 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 5 · 2025
W 31-28
vs Rutgers
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 1 tackle
Edged out Rutgers at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
15%3 TFLSack rate
5%1 sackHurry rate
0%0 hurries20 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Pass share
51.7%
397 pass / 371 run
Plays / game
59.1
13 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
408 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #202 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #41 of 69 Big Ten DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
