Key Lawrence

Position:
DB
Class:
Senior
Height:
6-1
Weight:
206
Hometown:
Nashville, Tenn.
High School:
Ensworth HS
Prev School:
University of Tennessee

Season	GP-GS	UT	AT	TOTAL	TFL	SACKS	INT	FF	FR	PBU
2020	10-0	3	5	8	0-0.0	0-0.0	0	0	0	1
2021	13-4	25	22	47	3.5-26	1.0-18	0	3	0	4
2022	11-4	35	23	58	2.5-6	0.0-0	1-0	2	0	3
2023	12-6	29	15	44	4.0-7	0.0-0	2-0	1	0	3
Career	46-14	92	65	157	10.0-39	1.0-18	3-0	6	0	11

2023
Played in all 12 regular season games and made six starts … started six straight games between Sept. 23 and Nov. 4 … totaled 44 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss, two interceptions, three pass breakups and one forced fumble … tallied four tackles at BYU (11/18) … registered five tackles (career-high-tying 2.0 TFLs) and two pass breakups at Kansas (10/28) … tied his career high with nine tackles vs. UCF (10/21) … tallied four tackles and a PBU vs. Texas (10/7) … recorded four stops (1.0 TFL) vs. Iowa State (9/30) … intercepted a pass and made four tackles at Cincinnati (9/23) … notched two tackles and an interception at Tulsa (9/16) … registered seven tackles and a TFL vs. SMU (9/9).

2022

Played in 11 games and made four starts … starts came in season opener vs. UTEP (9/3), against Kansas (10/15), at Iowa State (10/29) and vs. Baylor (11/5) … did not play vs. Kent State (9/10) or at West Virginia (11/12) … totaled 58 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, one interception, three pass breakups and team-high two forced fumbles … logged three tackles vs. Florida State in Cheez-It Bowl (12/29) ... matched career highs with nine tackles and two pass breakups at Texas Tech (11/26) … made six tackles and one TFL vs. Oklahoma State (11/19) … notched career-high nine tackles (seven solo) vs. Baylor … tallied three tackles (one TFL) and forced a fumble at Iowa State … recorded six tackles, 0.5 TFL and two pass breakups vs. Kansas … registered an interception, forced fumble, PBU and six stops at Nebraska (9/17).

2021

An All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection by league's coaches … played in all 13 games ... his four starts came in succession from mid-October to mid-November (first two at strong safety and next two at cornberback) ... ranked seventh on team with 47 tackles (25 solo) … had 3.5 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack, four pass breakups and three forced fumbles … made one tackle and had a PBU at Oklahoma State (11/27) ... registered seven stops, 1.0 sack and two forced fumbles vs. Iowa State (11/20) … had three tackles at Baylor (11/13) … logged seven tackles, 0.5 TFL and two PBUs vs. Texas Tech (10/30) … recorded season-high eight tackles, 2.0 TFLs and a forced fumble at Kansas (10/23) … made seven stops vs. TCU (10/16) … notched four tackles and a PBU at Kansas State (10/2) … made three stops each in games vs. West Virginia (9/25) and Nebraska (9/18).

2020 (AT TENNESSEE)

Saw action in all 10 games as a reserve defensive back and special teams contributor ... played 105 defensive snaps ... finished with eight tackles (three solo) and a pass breakup ... logged a career-high four tackles in season finale vs. No. 5 Texas A&M (12/19) ... recorded two tackles and a pass breakup in win at Vanderbilt (12/12) ... registered his first two collegiate tackles vs. No. 2 Alabama (10/24) ... made debut in season-opening win over South Carolina (9/26).

HIGH SCHOOL

Played at Ensworth High School in Nashville ... a consensus four-star prospect ... rated the No. 84 overall recruit by 247Sports, No. 97 by Rivals and No. 102 by ESPN ... regarded as the country's No. 5 safety by 247Sports and Rivals and the No. 7 athlete by ESPN ... the No. 1 player in Tennessee by 247Sports and No. 2 by ESPN and Rivals ... selected for 2020 All-American Bowl and Polynesian Bowl ... named to TSWA Division II Class AAA All-State Team his junior and senior seasons (2018 and 2019) ... totaled 37 tackles and 5.5 tackles for loss as a senior in 2019 as Tigers advanced to state semifinals ... rushed for 766 yards and seven touchdowns as a junior in 2018.

PERSONAL

Majored in communication studies at Tennessee ... OU major is communication.