No. 90 Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||||
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Position: | Outside linebacker | ||||||||||||
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Date of birth: | June 17, 1994 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Lake Wylie, South Carolina | ||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 270 lb (122 kg) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
High school: | Central (SC) Daniel | ||||||||||||
College: | Clemson | ||||||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2016 / Round: 1 / Pick: 19 | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2016 | |||||||||||||
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Total tackles: | 13 |
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Sacks: | 2.0 |
Forced fumbles: | 1 |
Pass deflections: | 1 |
Interceptions: | 0 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Shaquille Lawson (born June 17, 1994) is an American football outside linebacker for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Clemson.
Lawson, named after basketball star Shaquille O'Neal, attended D. W. Daniel High School in Central, South Carolina. He had 99 tackles and nine sacks as a senior and 100 tackles and 13 sacks as a junior. Lawson was rated by Rivals.com as a four-star recruit and committed to Clemson University to play college football. After high school, Lawson attended Hargrave Military Academy for a year.
In his first year at Clemson in 2013, Lawson played in all 13 games and had 35 tackles and four sacks. The four sacks tied William Perry and Ricky Sapp for most by a first-year freshman in Clemson history at the time. This record was broken in 2016 by Dexter Lawrence. He again played in all 13 games as a sophomore in 2014 and made one start. For the season he had 44 tackles and 3.5 sacks. Lawson became a starter his junior year in 2015.
Lawson was selected 19th overall in the 2016 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills.
On May 17, 2016, Lawson underwent shoulder surgery and was ruled out 4 to 6 months. On August 30, 2016, Lawson was placed on the Reserve/PUP list. He was activated to the active roster on October 21, 2016. Lawson recorded his first NFL sack against the New England Patriots in Week 8.
Lawson's father was killed in a car accident during his junior year of high school. Lawson then chose to attend Clemson University to remain close to his family.