Player Dossier

2021-2025

Alabama

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.

Usage Score

7.3

Efficiency

31.7

Consistency

52.4

Season Value

39.5

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Alabama

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
7
Program Path
Alabama
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

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.

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.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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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

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

Wins1 · Games = 10 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

14 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Oklahoma

Best efficiency game

71.7 vs Oklahoma

Result
Thu 1/1@ IndianaL 3-38420.500.500
Sat 12/20@ Oklahoma10+ tackles · Splash gameW 34-24106111
Sat 12/6vs GeorgiaL 7-2864000
Sun 11/30@ AuburnW 27-2075100
Sat 11/22vs Eastern IllinoisW 56-010000
Sat 11/15vs OklahomaL 21-2352000
Sun 11/9vs LSUW 20-9950.5000
Sat 10/25@ South CarolinaW 29-2274001
Sat 10/18vs TennesseeW 37-2061000
Sat 10/11@ MissouriW 27-2475000
Sat 10/4vs VanderbiltW 30-1442001
Sat 9/27@ GeorgiaW 24-21430.5001
Sat 9/6vs UL MonroeW 73-042100
Sat 8/30@ Florida StateL 17-3164000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Alabama

    2021-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonAlabama0
2022 Regular SeasonAlabama523.84.25
2023 PostseasonAlabama16.540.49.511.5
2023 Regular SeasonAlabama16.540.49.50
2024 Regular SeasonAlabama1340.68.8-3.5
2025 PostseasonAlabama1131.77.3-2
2025 Regular SeasonAlabama1131.77.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Georgia

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 67.6 takeover score.

#2

Middle Tennessee

4

Primary metric

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 62.4 takeover score.

#3

Oklahoma

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 61.8 takeover score.

#4

Ole Miss

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.5 takeover score.

#5

South Florida

2.5

Primary metric

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 47.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · Alabama

16.5 primary output · 40.4 efficiency · 9.5 usage

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#2

2023 Regular Season · Alabama

49

16.5 primary · 40.4 efficiency · 9.5 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Alabama

44.4

13 primary · 40.6 efficiency · 8.8 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

11

Splash games

6

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2021 · Rating 0.9744

Mobile Christian School · Mobile, AL

Committed To
Alabama
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Career Facts

1

Career teams

7

Seasons tracked

268

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 46 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.