Usage / Role
52%
Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2015-2018South Alabama
Nigel Lawrence
S • 5'11" • 190 lbs • Smiths Station, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Nigel Lawrence shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
79
High-end production for a safety
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Reliability
86
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
73
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · South Alabama
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- South Alabama
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Memphis
Player Story
Nigel Lawrence built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a safety from Smiths Station, AL wearing No. 6, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Nigel Lawrence's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- South Alabama
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Nigel Lawrence, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · South Alabama. Nigel Lawrence shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 205
- TFL
- 1
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
Nigel Lawrence quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Alabama · S
- Career Tackles
- 205
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · South Alabama
- Top game
- Memphis
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Smiths Station · South Alabama
- High school pipeline
- Smiths Station · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Junior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 70 tackles · S 46th (top 10%) · Sun Belt 20th (top 5%) · National 294th (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | South Alabama | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | South Alabama | 11 | 53 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 18.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | South Alabama | 12 | 82 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 46.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | South Alabama | 7 | 70 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 38.6 |
Related Context
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Nigel Lawrence played S for South Alabama. Across 4 tracked seasons, Nigel Lawrence recorded 205 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with South Alabama.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
South Alabama paired 4 primary output with 31.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 41.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Memphis
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · South Alabama
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
41.5
Usage
6.4
Consistency
9.5
Best Game by takeover score
Memphis
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Louisiana Tech: 0. Oklahoma State: 0. Texas State: 0. Memphis: 1. App State: 1. Arkansas State: 0. Coastal Carolina: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisiana Tech: 12 by 50. Oklahoma State: 7 by 29.2. Texas State: 11 by 45.8. Memphis: 11 by 55.8. App State: 7 by 39.2. Arkansas State: 17 by 50. Coastal Carolina: 5 by 20.8
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 5 · +0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
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7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Memphis
Best efficiency game
55.8 vs Memphis
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/23 | vs Coastal Carolina | W 31-28 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/3 | @ Arkansas State10+ tackles | L 14-38 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | @ App State | L 7-52 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/23 | @ Memphis10+ tackles | L 35-52 | 11 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | vs Texas State10+ tackles | W 41-31 | 11 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/9 | @ Oklahoma State | L 13-55 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | vs Louisiana Tech10+ tackles | L 26-30 | 12 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Nigel Lawrence story
Nigel Lawrence built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a safety from Smiths Station, AL wearing No. 6, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Nigel Lawrence's career was his defensive production: 205 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 6 passes defended across 30 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with South Alabama. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Nigel Lawrence's production has multiple signals. With 30 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across South Alabama.
The arc is straightforward: Nigel Lawrence moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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South Alabama
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2015201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | South Alabama | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | South Alabama | 1 | 21 | 3.2 | 1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | South Alabama | 4 | 31.8 | 5.3 | 3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | South Alabama | 2 | 41.5 | 6.4 | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Memphis
Week 4 · L 35-52
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Idaho
Week 4 · L 23-29 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
70.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.
#3
@ Troy
Week 7 · W 19-8 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
68.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Alabama A&M
Week 3 · W 45-0
1
Havoc Plays
65.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Nicholls
Week 4 · W 41-40
1
Havoc Plays
60.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · South Alabama
4 primary output · 31.8 efficiency · 5.3 usage
46.9
#2
2018 Regular Season · South Alabama
38.6
2 primary · 41.5 efficiency · 6.4 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · South Alabama
18.9
1 primary · 21 efficiency · 3.2 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
0
Splash games
7
10+ tackle games
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