Nevin Andre Lawson ( April 23, 1991 , Kingston ) is a professional American - Jamaican footballer playing as a cornerback at the Auckland Raiders NFL club.
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| No. - Auckland Raiders | |||||||||||||
| Cornerback | |||||||||||||
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| Date of Birth: | April 23, 1991 (28 years old) | ||||||||||||
| Place of Birth: | Kingston , Jamaica | ||||||||||||
| Height: 175 m Weight: 87 kg | |||||||||||||
| Amateur career | |||||||||||||
| School: Piper, Sunrise | |||||||||||||
| College: Utah State | |||||||||||||
| NFL draft : 2014 / Round: 4 / Queue: 133 | |||||||||||||
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| Statistics (as of April 15, 2019) | |||||||||||||
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Biography
Amateur career
Nevin was born on April 23, 1991 in Jamaica. He was the second of three sons in the Clive and Jennifer Lawson family. When he was six years old, their family moved to Florida. As a child, he played sokker and cricket , he began to play football while studying at Piper High School. He played at the positions of Cornerback and Ranninbek [1] [2] .
In 2010, Lawson entered the University of Utah . In the first year of training, he took part in nine matches of the football team, in two leaving the starting lineup. In the 2011 season, Nevin secured his position as a starting cornerback and became the team's fourth player in terms of the number of captures made. In 2012, he held thirteen games and entered the second symbolic national team of the conference. In the game against the San Jose State Spartans , Lawson made two of the team's thirteen sacks. In the last year of speaking for the team, he took part in fourteen matches, twice being recognized as the best defender of the week. Nevin became the third among the conference players in the average number of downcasts and eighth in the average number of interceptions [2] .
NCAA Performance Statistics
| Season | Team | Games | Captures | Intercepts | Fumbles | |||||||||||
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| Solo | Ast | Tot | Loss | Sk | Int | Yds | Y / R | TD | PD | FR | Yds | TD | Ff | |||
| 2010 | Utah State Eggies | 9 | 7 | five | 12 | 0.5 | 0,0 | one | 0 | 0,0 | 0 | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | Utah State Eggies | 13 | 56 | 17 | 73 | 0,0 | 0,0 | one | 0 | 0,0 | 0 | 9 | one | 0 | 0 | one |
| 2012 | Utah State Eggies | 13 | 47 | sixteen | 63 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0,0 | 0 | ten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Utah State Eggies | 14 | 33 | 24 | 57 | 5,0 | 0,0 | four | 65 | 16.3 | one | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | one |
| Total | 49 | 143 | 62 | 205 | 9.5 | 2.0 | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | one | 34 | one | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Professional career
Before the NFL draft in 2014, scouts noted Lawson's good physique and length, his skills in personal cover and blitz draws, his vision of the pitch, and his reaction to changing situations. The disadvantages of the player were called the lack of pressure on the host , which allows them to take the ball, a weak game against the removal and frequent violations of the rules [3] .
In the draft, Lawson was selected by the Detroit Lions club in the fourth round. As part of the team, he spent five years, playing in 63 championship matches. From 2016 to 2018, Nevin was a player in the starting lineup, taking this position after completing his career with Rashin Matis . During this period, he was the team’s most infringing player, receiving twenty-four flags for various violations [4] .
In March 2019, Lyons expelled him. Ten days later, Lawson signed a contract with the Auckland Raiders club, where Garyon Conley and Daryl Worley became his rivals in the fight for a place in the first team [5] .
NFL Performance Statistics
Regular Championship
| Season | Team | Games | Captures | Intercepts | Fumbles | |||||||||||
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| Solo | Ast | Tot | Loss | Sk | Int | Yds | Y / R | TD | PD | FR | Yds | TD | Ff | |||
| 2014 | Detroit Lions | 2 | one | 0 | one | 0 | 0,0 | 0 | 0 | 0,0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Detroit Lions | 14 | 37 | four | 41 | 0 | 0,0 | 0 | 0 | 0,0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Detroit Lions | sixteen | 45 | eleven | 56 | 0 | 0,0 | 0 | 0 | 0,0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | Detroit Lions | 15 | 37 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 0,0 | 0 | 0 | 0,0 | 0 | four | one | 44 | one | one |
| 2018 | Detroit Lions | 15 | 43 | ten | 53 | 3 | 1,0 | 0 | 0 | 0,0 | 0 | five | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 62 | 163 | 31 | 194 | 3 | 1,0 | 0 | 0 | 0,0 | 0 | 25 | one | 44 | one | one | |
Playoffs
| Season | Team | Games | Captures | Intercepts | Fumbles | |||||||||||
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| Solo | Ast | Tot | Loss | Sk | Int | Yds | Y / R | TD | PD | FR | Yds | TD | Ff | |||
| 2016 | Detroit Lions | one | five | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0,0 | 0 | 0 | 0,0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | one | five | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0,0 | 0 | 0 | 0,0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Notes
- ↑ Piper High graduate makes it big in NFL . caribbeannationalweekly.com . Carribean National Weekly (July 15, 2017). Date of appeal April 15, 2019.
- ↑ 1 2 Nevin Lawson . utahstateaggies.com . Utah State University Department of Athletics. Date of appeal April 15, 2019.
- ↑ Nawrocki, Nolan. Nevin Lawson nfl.com . NFL Enterprises LLC. Date of appeal April 15, 2019.
- ↑ Rogers, Justin. Lions releasing CB Nevin Lawson prior to start of free agency . detroitnews.com . USA Today Network (March 10, 2019). Date of appeal April 15, 2019.
- ↑ Raiders sign free agent cornerback Nevin Lawson . sfchronicle.com . Hearst (March 20, 2019). Date of appeal April 15, 2019.