Sam Houston Athletice Site

Sam Houston
2025 Season
CUSA Preseason watch list

West Virginia
2024 Season
Did not participate in football

2023 Season
Saw action in just 1 game before being shut down due to injury ... made 1 stop in that contest vs Duquesne (9/9)

2022 Season
Did not see game action

Cincinnati
2021 Season
Did not see any action ... took a redshirt

South Charleston HS
Played defensive end for coach Donnie Mays at South Charleston High ... saw action in 34 games during his high school career and finished with a school-record 35 sacks ... 2020 West Virginia First Team All-2020 State and the All-Kanawha Valley Player of the Year ... 2019 West Virginia First Team All-State ... named to the West Virginia All-State Second Team as a freshman and sophomore (2017-18) ... tallied 48 tackles as a senior, including 42 solo stops, 19 tackles for loss, 10 sacks and 19 quarterback hurries ... led South Charleston to an 8-0 record and the West Virginia Class AAA state championship ... also was named the USA Today Sports West Virginia Defensive Player of the Year and received the West Virginia Sports Writers’ Sam Huff Award following his senior season ... totaled 26 tackles for loss and 12 sacks as a junior ... was rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN in the class of 2021 ... ranked as the No. 2 player in West Virginia by 247Sports and ESPN, while Rivals tabbed him at No. 3 in the state ... also was rated as the No. 51 defensive end in the nation by ESPN and the No. 69 defensive lineman by 247Sports in 2021

Personal
Son of Samekia Lawton ... one of two children (1 brother) ... Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll ... Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll