Player Dossier

2019-2024

Southern Miss

Dylan Lawrence

S • 6'4" • 215 lbs • Lucedale, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dylan Lawrence shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

34%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

48

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

32

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

68

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Southern Miss

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Mississippi State • Southern Miss
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe

Player Story

Dylan Lawrence built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a safety from Lucedale, MS wearing No. 6, spending time with Mississippi State and Southern Miss. The clearest part of Dylan Lawrence's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.8367

George County · Lucedale, MS

Committed To
Mississippi State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Dylan Lawrence, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Southern Miss. Dylan Lawrence shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
127
TFL
2.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
1
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Dylan Lawrence quick answers

Latest team and position
Southern Miss · S
Career Tackles
127
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 29 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Southern Miss
Top game
UL Monroe
Recruit profile
3-star · George County · Mississippi State
High school pipeline
Milford Mill Academy · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 6 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
41 tackles · S 158th (top 29%) · Sun Belt 92nd (top 15%) · National 912th (top 15%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonMississippi State11-0--036.4
2020 Regular SeasonMississippi State13-0--042.2
2021 Regular SeasonMississippi State25-0--041
2022 Regular SeasonMississippi State35-0--038.4
2023 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss117211-1036.3
2024 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss11411.501-245.2

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2023Mississippi State to Southern MissP4 to G5/FCS16.4Dec 15, 2022

Dylan Lawrence played S for Mississippi State and Southern Miss. Across 6 tracked seasons, Dylan Lawrence recorded 127 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Southern Miss.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Southern Miss paired 4.5 primary output with 19.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 19.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Mississippi State, Southern Miss.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Southern Miss

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

19.6

Usage

5.9

Consistency

12.1

Best Game by takeover score

UL Monroe

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kentucky: 1. SE Louisiana: 1. South Florida: 0. Jacksonville State: 0.5. Louisiana: 0. UL Monroe: 2. Arkansas State: 0. James Madison: 0. Marshall: 0. Texas State: 0. Troy: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kentucky: 6 by 35. SE Louisiana: 7 by 39.2. South Florida: 4 by 16.7. Jacksonville State: 8 by 38.3. Louisiana: 2 by 8.3. UL Monroe: 3 by 32.5. Arkansas State: 3 by 12.5. James Madison: 3 by 12.5. Marshall: 3 by 12.5. Texas State: 1 by 4.2. Troy: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins1 · Games = 1 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 10 · -0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UL Monroe

Best efficiency game

39.2 vs SE Louisiana

Result
Sat 11/30@ TroyL 20-5211000
Sun 11/17@ Texas StateL 3-5810000
Sat 11/9vs MarshallL 3-3730000
Sat 10/26@ James MadisonL 15-3231000
Sat 10/19vs Arkansas StateL 28-4433000
Sat 10/12@ UL MonroeSplash gameL 21-3833100
Sat 10/5vs LouisianaL 13-2320000
Sat 9/21@ Jacksonville StateL 7-44860.5000
Sat 9/14vs South FloridaL 24-4943000
Sat 9/7vs SE LouisianaW 35-10750010
Sat 8/31@ KentuckyL 0-31620010

Player Story

Dylan Lawrence story

Dylan Lawrence built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a safety from Lucedale, MS wearing No. 6, spending time with Mississippi State and Southern Miss. The clearest part of Dylan Lawrence's career was his defensive production: 127 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 2 interceptions across 29 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Southern Miss. 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 Dylan Lawrence's production has multiple signals. With 29 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Mississippi State and Southern Miss.

The arc is straightforward: Dylan 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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  1. 1

    Mississippi State

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Southern Miss

    2023-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonMississippi State04.20.6
2020 Regular SeasonMississippi State012.51.70
2021 Regular SeasonMississippi State010.51.50
2022 Regular SeasonMississippi State0710
2023 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss3305.53
2024 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss4.519.65.91.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UL Monroe

Week 7 · L 21-38 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#2

vs Old Dominion

Week 6 · L 13-17 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

65.6 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 65.6 takeover score.

#3

@ Kentucky

Week 1 · L 0-31

1

Havoc Plays

61.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.7 takeover score.

#4

vs SE Louisiana

Week 2 · W 35-10

1

Havoc Plays

53.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Jacksonville State

Week 4 · L 7-44

0.5

Havoc Plays

44.4 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 44.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Southern Miss

4.5 primary output · 19.6 efficiency · 5.9 usage

45.2

#2

2020 Regular Season · Mississippi State

42.2

0 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 1.7 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Mississippi State

41

0 primary · 10.5 efficiency · 1.5 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

2

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games