Dexter Lawrence

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#97

Experience: 7 years

Height: 6-4

Weight: 340 lbs

College: Clemson

2025 SEASON

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Year

Season

Defense

Field Position

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
Own 1-20 - by Yard Line	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Own 21-50 - by Yard Line	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Game Halves

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
1st Half	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Two Minutes of Half	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Home vs Road

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
Road Games	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Point Differential

	G	Total	AST
Behind	1	2	2
Behind by 1-8 Points	1	1	1
Behind by 9-16 Points	1	1	1
Tied	1	1	1

Quarters

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
1st Quarter	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2nd Quarter	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Stadium Surfaces

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
Grass	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Biography

Has played in 92 regular-season games with 85 starts and started both postseason games in which he's played for the Giants…Career totals include 310 tackles (171 solo), 30.0 sacks, 95 quarterback hits, 36 tackles for loss, 11 passes defensed and 5 forced fumbles... Postseason totals include 12 tackles (6 solo), 1 tackle for loss and 4 quarterback hits…Selected a second-team All-Pro in 2022 and 2023 and to the Pro Bowl in 2022, 2023 and 2024.

HONORS

Pro Bowl: 2022, 2023, 2024
Second-team All-Pro: 2022, 2023

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Has played in 92 regular-season games with 85 starts and started both postseason games in which he's played for the Giants…Career totals include 310 tackles (171 solo), 30.0 sacks, 95 quarterback hits, 36 tackles for loss, 11 passes defensed and 5 forced fumbles... Postseason totals include 12 tackles (6 solo), 1 tackle for loss and 4 quarterback hits…Selected a second-team All-Pro in 2022 and 2023 and to the Pro Bowl in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
In 2024, started the season's first 12 games…Suffered a dislocated left elbow on Thanksgiving Day in Dallas and spent the remainder of the season on injured reserve…Selected to the Pro Bowl…Led the team with a career-high 9.0 sacks despite missing the season's final five games…Totaled 44 tackles (23 solo), 16 quarterback hits, 8 tackles for loss, 1 pass defensed and 1 forced fumble…Tallied a career-high 3.0 sacks and tied his season-high with 4 quarterback hits at Seattle (10/6/24)…Became the first Giants defensive lineman to have 3.0 sacks in a game since Leonard Williams in 2021.
In 2023, started all 16 games in which he played…Named second-team all-pro and selected to the Pro Bowl…Recorded 53 tackles (32 solo), a team-high 21 quarterback hits, 7 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks and 2 passes defensed.
In 2022, started all 16 regular-season games in which he played he played in and both postseason games for the Giants…Lawrence recorded 68 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, 28 quarterback hits, 3 passes defensed and 2 forced fumbles…In the postseason, he had 12 tackles, 1 tackle for loss and 4 quarterback hits.
In 2021, played in 16 games with 10 starts and produced 54 tackles and 11 quarterback hits…Added 2.5 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 2 passes defensed and 1 forced fumble.
In 2020, played in all 16 games with 15 starts at defensive tackle…Tied linebacker Kyler Fackrell for 2nd on the team with 4.0 sacks…Tallied 53 tackles (30 solo), 6 tackles for loss, 10 quarterback hits and 2 passes defensed.
As a rookie in 2019, was one of six Giants players to start all 16 games…Lawrence totaled 38 tackles (24 solo), 2.5 sacks, 1 forced fumble, 3 tackles for loss, 9 quarterback hits and 1 pass defensed.

NOTES TO KNOW

Has led the team in sacks across two different seasons (9.0 sacks in 2024 and 7.5 sacks in 2022).
Lawrence owns 95 quarterback hits, which is currently the 4th-most in franchise history, behind Mathias Kiwanuka (97).

COLLEGE

Played in 40 games with 36 starts in three seasons (2016-18) at Clemson…Three-time All-ACC selection…Career totals include 162 tackles (100 solo) 19 tackles for losses, 11.0 sacks, one forced fumble, 3 fumble recoveries, 5 passes defensed, 1 interception, and 43 quarterback pressures.
In 2018, started all 13 games in which he played for the national champion Tigers…AFCA first-team All-America and first-team All-ACC selection...Credited with 44 tackles (30 solo), 7.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, 3 pass breakups, 15 quarterback pressures, 1 fumble recovery, 1 blocked kick and 1 rushing touchdown in 467 combined offensive and defensive snaps.
In 2017, started all 12 games in which he played…Missed two games with a foot injury…First-team All-ACC selection…Finished the season with 39 tackles (22 solo), 3 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, 5 quarterback pressures, 1 pass breakup and 1 forced fumble.
In 2016, played in 15 games with 11 starts for Clemson's national championship team…Named Freshman All-America by ESPN and USA Today...ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year (media, coaches)...Second-team All-ACC...All-ACC Academic Team selection...Shared Rookie of the Year honors defensively with Clelin Ferrell... Produced a career-high 79 tackles (48 solo), 9.5 tackles for loss and set a Clemson freshman record with 7.0 sacks.

OFF-THE-FIELD ACTIVITY

Attended The Giants Foundation Golf Classic which raised more than $400,000 for The Giants Foundation… Attended the Giants Fan Fest to kickoff and celebrate the 100th season… Participated in MetLife Pet Insurance campaign to highlight his own pets and the importance of providing quality care through pet insurance… Participated in the Campbells Sacks Hunger Campaign, in which each sack during the season provided canned goods for the Community Food Bank of New Jersey. Prior to the holidays, visited the Food Bank with his mother to donate cans of soup, and package and ship boxes of canned goods to families in need … Attended the second annual Jream Foundation fundraising dinner at MetLife Stadium to support underserved youth with programming and resources… Represented Compassion International during Week 13 of the NFL season for My Cause My Cleats… After the team practice in Germany prior to the Sunday game, met with the 120 students that participated in the NFL Flag clinic… Met with members from the Wounded Warriors Project during their visit to the Quest Diagnostics Training Center to watch practice and enjoy a day with the Giants.

PERSONAL

Justice studies major…Was one of the highest-rated 5-star recruits in Clemson history...First-team USA Today All-America...Rated as the consensus top player in North Carolina…AP Prep Player of the Year in North Carolina in 2015.

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