2023 Football Roster
Lawson, Matt
Jersey Number 92
Matt Lawson
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 280
- Position:
- DL
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Ontario, Calif.
- High School:
- Colony
- Prev School:
- Fresno State
Bio
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)
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- Appeared in the Bulldogs’ game versus UNLV (10/18)
- Did not participate in any games, redshirted
- 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.
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