Manny Lawson
Lawson in August 2010
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| No. -- Free agent | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Outside Linebacker | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth: | July 3, 1984 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Goldsboro, North Carolina | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||
| High school: | Goldsboro (NC) Eastern Wayne | ||||||||||||
| College: | North Carolina State | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2006 / Round: 1 / Pick: 22 | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of 2015 | |||||||||||||
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| Total tackles: | 471 |
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| Sacks: | 24.5 |
| Forced fumbles: | 8 |
| Pass deflections: | 26 |
| Interceptions: | 4 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Manny Lawson (born July 3, 1984) is an American football outside linebacker who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the first round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at North Carolina State.
Lawson has also played for the Cincinnati Bengals and Buffalo Bills.
His father, Donald P. Lawson, was in the Air Force and stationed at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Nebraska when Manny was born. Lawson excelled in football as well as basketball in his middle school years. He also attended Spring Creek Elementary School in Seven Springs, North Carolina.
Lawson attended Eastern Wayne High School in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Super Prep rated Lawson as one of the Top 25 players (#21) in the state of North Carolina during his senior year. He recorded 54 tackles and 12 sacks on defense and also rushed for 456 yards on offense during his final season, picking up Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors. Also a track & field star, Lawson qualified for the state indoor track meet in four events: long jump (7.72m or 24'11"), triple jump (14.41m or 47'3"), 55-meter dash (6.76s), 200-meter dash (22.09s) and the 55-meter hurdles (7.72s).
In 2002, he played in every game as a reserve outside linebacker. He recorded 35 tackles (20 solos) with a stop for a 5-yard loss on 144 plays. He caused a fumble and deflected four passes. He led the nation with three blocked punts, and was the co-winner of the Pack's Most Valuable Specialist Award. Lawson competed with the Wolfpack track & field squad in the spring of 2003; in his first meet, he won the long jump and the triple jump in the Patriot Games. He posted the fastest time in the 60-meter hurdles (indoors) for NC State that season (8.55s). He earned the Most Dominant Award for defense after spring workouts in 2003.
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