Player Dossier

2017-2020

Old Dominion

Lawrence Garner

LB • 6'3" • 230 lbs • Columbus, NJ, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Lawrence Garner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

92%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

92

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Old Dominion

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Old Dominion
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: North Texas

Player Story

Lawrence Garner built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a linebacker from Columbus, NJ wearing No. 34, spending time with Old Dominion. The clearest part of Lawrence Garner's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.7933

Northern Burlington · Columbus, NJ

Committed To
Old Dominion
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Lawrence Garner, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Old Dominion. Lawrence Garner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
223
TFL
16
Sacks
1
QB hurries
7
Passes defended
6

Quick Answers

Lawrence Garner quick answers

Latest team and position
Old Dominion · LB
Career Tackles
223
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 27 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · Old Dominion
Top game
North Texas
Recruit profile
2-star · Northern Burlington · Old Dominion
High school pipeline
Northern Burlington · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 34 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonOld Dominion613-01-011.1
2018 Regular SeasonOld Dominion91009034083
2019 Regular SeasonOld Dominion121107132069.6
2020 Regular SeasonOld Dominion00-0--0-

Related Context

Lawrence Garner played LB for Old Dominion. Across 4 tracked seasons, Lawrence Garner recorded 223 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Old Dominion.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

Old Dominion paired 17 primary output with 61 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 49 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Regular Season · Old Dominion

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

49

Usage

11.5

Consistency

57

Best Game by takeover score

Middle Tennessee

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Norfolk State: 0.5. Virginia Tech: 1. Virginia: 0. East Carolina: 1.5. Western Kentucky: 2. Marshall: 2. UAB: 1. Florida Atlantic: 2. Florida International: 0.5. UTSA: 0. Middle Tennessee: 2.5. Charlotte: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Norfolk State: 8 by 38.3. Virginia Tech: 8 by 43.3. Virginia: 9 by 37.5. East Carolina: 10 by 56.7. Western Kentucky: 12 by 70. Marshall: 12 by 70. UAB: 10 by 51.7. Florida Atlantic: 4 by 36.7. Florida International: 10 by 46.7. UTSA: 11 by 45.8. Middle Tennessee: 9 by 62.5. Charlotte: 7 by 29.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.5 · Games = 1 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 11 · +0.6 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Middle Tennessee

Best efficiency game

70 vs Marshall

Result
Sat 11/30vs CharlotteL 22-3873000
Sat 11/23@ Middle TennesseeSplash gameL 17-38962.5000
Sat 11/9vs UTSA10+ tacklesL 23-24116000
Sat 11/2@ Florida International10+ tacklesL 17-241090.5000
Sat 10/26vs Florida AtlanticSplash gameL 3-4141100
Sat 10/19@ UAB10+ tacklesL 14-381010001
Sat 10/12@ Marshall10+ tackles · Splash gameL 17-31125110
Sat 10/5vs Western Kentucky10+ tackles · Splash gameL 3-20128100
Sat 9/28vs East Carolina10+ tacklesL 21-241070.5000
Sat 9/21@ VirginiaL 17-2893000
Sat 9/7@ Virginia TechL 17-3185001
Sat 8/31vs Norfolk StateW 24-21840.5000

Player Story

Lawrence Garner story

Lawrence Garner built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a linebacker from Columbus, NJ wearing No. 34, spending time with Old Dominion. The clearest part of Lawrence Garner's career was his defensive production: 223 tackles, 16 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 interception across 27 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Old Dominion. 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 Lawrence Garner's production has multiple signals. With 27 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Old Dominion.

The arc is straightforward: Lawrence Garner 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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    Old Dominion

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonOld Dominion110.72.7
2018 Regular SeasonOld Dominion176115.216
2019 Regular SeasonOld Dominion134911.5-4
2020 Regular SeasonOld Dominion0-13

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs North Texas

Week 11 · W 34-31 · Conference game

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

95.3 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 95.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Middle Tennessee

Week 13 · L 17-38 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

87.5 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.

#3

@ Marshall

Week 7 · L 17-31 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

83.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.

#4

vs Western Kentucky

Week 6 · L 3-20 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

83.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Rice

Week 13 · L 13-27 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

79.2 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · Old Dominion

17 primary output · 61 efficiency · 15.2 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · Old Dominion

69.6

13 primary · 49 efficiency · 11.5 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Old Dominion

11.1

1 primary · 10.7 efficiency · 2.7 usage

Milestones

11

Impact games

10

Splash games

12

10+ tackle games