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Carl Lawson

DE·Indianapolis Colts·#96·9th year
Round 4, pick 116 in 2017
Updated October 30, 2026
76.4
Model Score
Down from 84.0 last year

Carl Lawson is a DE for the Indianapolis Colts (updated October 30, 2026).

Model Score by season

Down 7.6 from last season.

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How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

Comps

The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.

Plays like: Bruce Irvin, Greg Townsend, Charles Mann. Built like: Brooks Reed, Anthony Spencer, Melvin Ingram.

Carl Lawson Injury StatusNot listed

Carl Lawson is not on the injury report as of Oct 30. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

Draft & College

Round 4, pick 116 to the Cincinnati Bengals in 2017, out of Auburn (SEC). He lasted longer than consensus.

Taken#116
Consensus board42nd
Our college model#174 EDGE

In college, 2016, 13 games: 9.0 sacks, 14 TFL, 33 pressures, 30 tackles. (partial record) Coming out: 4.67s 40 yd, 35 reps bench, 33" vertical, 114" broad, 7.46s 3-cone, 4.19s shuttle.

What this pick usually becomes. Of the 450 players taken as a fourth-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 38% earned a second contract and 25% became starters. The median one started 11 career games.

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