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#92 Matt Lawson Season 2023

July 26, 2023, Evanston, IL: Northwestern Football internal media day at Walter Athletics Center in Evanston, IL on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. (Photo by Stephen Carrera/Northwestern Athletics)

#92 Matt Lawson Season 2023

Pos.DL
Wt.280 lbs
Ht.6-0
Elig.Graduate Student
HometownOntario, Calif.
July 26, 2023, Evanston, IL: Northwestern Football internal media day at Walter Athletics Center in Evanston, IL on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. (Photo by Stephen Carrera/Northwestern Athletics)
2023 Graduate Student:
  • Played in one game before missing the remainder of the season due to injury
  • Made one tackle, a tackle for loss, in his only game action of the season in the season opener at Rutgers (9/3)
2022 Senior (At Fresno St.):
  • Appeared in 12 games
  • Had 12 tackles (four solo)
  • Added 1.5 tackles for loss
  • Had a fumble recovery at Nevada (Nov. 19)
  • Had two quarterback hurries and a pass breakup against Hawai’i (Nov. 5)
  • Had a season-high four tackles at UNLV (Nov. 11)
  • MW scholar athlete
  • Fall Academic All-MW
2021 Junior (At Fresno St.):
  • Played in eight games
  • Registered five tackles, four solo
  • Had a career-best two tackles against Cal Poly (9/11)
  • Had 0.5 tackles for loss in the season opener against UConn (8/28)
  • Also had tackles against UConn, Wyoming and UTEP.
2020 Sophomore (At Fresno St.):
  • Played in four games
  • Had one start against Colorado State (10/29)
  • Recorded one tackle against UNLV (Nov. 7)
  • Named to the Fall Academic All-Mountain West team.
2019 Redshirt First-Year (At Fresno St.):
  • Appeared in the Bulldogs’ game versus UNLV (10/18)
2018 First-Year (At Fresno St.): 
  • Did not participate in any games, redshirted
High School: 
  • Attended Colony HS and spent his time on defense for the Titans
  • Was a First Team All-Inland Valley selection by the Daily Bulletin
  • Earned First Team All-Mt. Baldy League honors in 2015, 2016 and 2017
  • Recorded 57 total tackles with 22 solo as a senior in 2017
  • Also recorded 9.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and two recorded fumbles in 2017
  • In three varsity seasons, he totaled 184 tackles with 66 solo tackles in just 30 games, he added 25.5 sacks and seven quarterback hurries
  • Recorded eight tackles with four tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks in his first varsity appearance in 2015
  • Helped lead his team to a 9-2 overall record and 5-0 league record as team captain his senior year
  • Recruited and received offers from Arizona State, Hawai’i, San Diego State, UNLV, Army, Navy and Northern Arizona
  • Born in Ontario, Calif.
  • Son of Sherri Williams and Bobby Lawson
  • Favorite athlete is Aaron Donald of the Los Angeles Rams because he proves that a defensive lineman’s height doesn’t correlate with their ability to play
  • Majored in criminology-law enforcement at Fresno State.