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Player Dossier
2021-2025Alabama
Deontae Lawson
LB • 6'2" • 228 lbs • Mobile, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Deontae Lawson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
93
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
90
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Alabama
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Alabama
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia
Player Story
Deontae Lawson built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Mobile, AL, spending time with Alabama. The clearest part of Deontae Lawson's career was his defensive production: 268 tackles, 17...
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- Committed To
- Alabama
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Deontae Lawson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Alabama. Deontae Lawson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 268
- TFL
- 17
- Sacks
- 6.5
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 16
Quick Answers
Deontae Lawson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Alabama · LB
- Career Tackles
- 268
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 46 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Alabama
- Top game
- Georgia
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Mobile Christian School · Alabama
- High school pipeline
- Mobile Christian School · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 0 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 80 tackles · LB 109th (top 9%) · SEC 11th (top 2%) · National 147th (top 3%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Alabama | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Alabama | 10 | 45 | 1 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 25.6 |
| 2023 Postseason | Alabama | 11 | 6 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 66.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Alabama | 11 | 61 | 5.5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Alabama | 11 | 76 | 6 | 2 | - | 4 | 0 | 60.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | Alabama | 14 | 14 | 1.5 | 1.5 | - | 1 | 0 | 53 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Alabama | 14 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 53 |
Related Context
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Deontae Lawson played LB for Alabama. Across 5 tracked seasons, Deontae Lawson recorded 268 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Alabama.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Alabama paired 16.5 primary output with 40.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 31.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Alabama
Games
14
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
31.7
Usage
7.3
Consistency
52.4
Best Game by takeover score
Oklahoma
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Indiana: 1. Oklahoma: 3. Florida State: 0. UL Monroe: 1. Georgia: 1.5. Vanderbilt: 1. Missouri: 1. Tennessee: 0. South Carolina: 1. LSU: 0.5. Oklahoma: 0. Eastern Illinois: 0. Auburn: 1. Georgia: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Indiana: 4 by 26.7. Oklahoma: 10 by 71.7. Florida State: 6 by 25. UL Monroe: 4 by 26.7. Georgia: 4 by 31.7. Vanderbilt: 4 by 26.7. Missouri: 7 by 39.2. Tennessee: 6 by 25. South Carolina: 7 by 39.2. LSU: 9 by 42.5. Oklahoma: 5 by 20.8. Eastern Illinois: 1 by 4.2. Auburn: 7 by 39.2. Georgia: 6 by 25
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 10 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
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14 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oklahoma
Best efficiency game
71.7 vs Oklahoma
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1/1 | @ Indiana | L 3-38 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/20 | @ Oklahoma10+ tackles · Splash game | W 34-24 | 10 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 12/6 | vs Georgia | L 7-28 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/30 | @ Auburn | W 27-20 | 7 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Eastern Illinois | W 56-0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Oklahoma | L 21-23 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | vs LSU | W 20-9 | 9 | 5 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ South Carolina | W 29-22 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Tennessee | W 37-20 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Missouri | W 27-24 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Vanderbilt | W 30-14 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Georgia | W 24-21 | 4 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs UL Monroe | W 73-0 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Florida State | L 17-31 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Deontae Lawson story
Deontae Lawson built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Mobile, AL, spending time with Alabama. The clearest part of Deontae Lawson's career was his defensive production: 268 tackles, 17 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 46 career games in the available record. That gives Deontae Lawson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Alabama
2021-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Alabama | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Alabama | 5 | 23.8 | 4.2 | 5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Alabama | 16.5 | 40.4 | 9.5 | 11.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Alabama | 16.5 | 40.4 | 9.5 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Alabama | 13 | 40.6 | 8.8 | -3.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | Alabama | 11 | 31.7 | 7.3 | -2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Alabama | 11 | 31.7 | 7.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Georgia
Week 5 · W 41-34 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
93.9 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 93.9 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 14 Oklahoma
Week 1 · W 34-24 · Postseason · Conference game · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
90.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 90.6 takeover score.
#3
vs Middle Tennessee
Week 1 · W 56-7
4
Havoc Plays
89.7 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 89.7 takeover score.
#4
@ South Florida
Week 3 · W 17-3
2.5
Havoc Plays
76.4 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.
#5
@ Tennessee
Week 8 · L 17-24 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
71.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Alabama
16.5 primary output · 40.4 efficiency · 9.5 usage
66.4
#2
2023 Regular Season · Alabama
66.4
16.5 primary · 40.4 efficiency · 9.5 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Alabama
60.5
13 primary · 40.6 efficiency · 8.8 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
11
Splash games
6
10+ tackle games
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