Trevor Lawrence: QB · Clemson · #16.
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Trevor Lawrence
Picks you apart underneath and protects the ball. Third year in the same quarterback room at Clemson. All-America (FWAA) in 2020 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 404 passing yards and 6 rushing yards against Georgia Tech — Week 7, 2020.
Play style
High-percentage passer who protects the ball. Loses the matchup on improvisation.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
61.9% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 32.6% conversion-per-dropback — 46.2% of completions land short of the sticks.
Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. checkdown by design
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
8 of the team's 40 inside-the-5 carries (20.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
TigerNet Oct 31
Heavy Oct 29
The Clemson Insider Oct 28Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 37-13@ Wake Forest | 22/28 | 351 | 1 | 0 | 12.5 | — | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-0vs The Citadel | 8/9 | 168 | 3 | 0 | 18.7 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 5 | W 41-23vs Virginia | 25/38 | 329 | 3 | 0 | 8.7 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 6 | W 42-17vs No. 7 Miami | 29/41 | 292 | 3 | 0 | 7.1 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 7 | W 73-7@ Georgia Tech | 24/32 | 404 | 5 | 1 | 12.6 | — | Season-high 404 yds |
| Wk 8 | W 47-21vs Syracuse | 27/43 | 289 | 2 | 1 | 6.7 | — | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-17vs Pittsburgh | 26/37 | 403 | 2 | 0 | 10.9 | — | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 14 | W 45-10@ Virginia Tech | 12/22 | 195 | 1 | 1 | 8.9 | — | |
| Wk 16 | W 34-10vs No. 2 Notre Dame | 25/36 | 322 | 2 | 1 | 8.9 | — | |
| Total | 198/286 | 2753 | 22 | 4 | 9.6 | — |
Week 6 · 2020
W 42-17
vs Miami
292 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 34 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD
Dominant 25-point win at home against Miami.
With T. Etienne — 149 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD · 8 rec · 73 yds · W. Spiers — 52.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 325 passing plays (223 completions) against the box score's 334 attempts (231 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
9.6811 of 171 QBsSack rate
3.7%27 of 171 QBsRarely sacked (27 of 171 QBs) and still 11 of 171 in Adjusted ANY/A.
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 69.2% completion on 334 attempts · 50 deep completions averaging 30.4 yds.
3 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 39-3 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 296 | 2.6 | 10.4 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 317 | 2.3 | 11.3 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 309 | 3.0 | 11.9 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 302 | 1.8 | 8.8 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dabo Swinney
Pass share
54.4%
484 pass / 405 run
Plays / game
80.8
11 games
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2020
A finalist for the position's national player-of-the-year award.
Selector Grid · 2020
Career, closed
Gone at No. 1 overall.
How it ended
Three seasons at Clemson, 10,098 passing yards, an All-American season (2020) — drafted at No. 1 overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2020)
named by 1 selector
ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM
All-ACC 1st team (2020)
Weekly recognition
4 weekly honors (2020)
ACC Quarterback Player of the Week — a 4+ season has tracked to All-Conference ~83% of the time
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dabo Swinney.
Next stop · NFL
Jacksonville JaguarsEntering 6th NFL season
Jacksonville JaguarsEntering 6th NFL season
