Alabama football’s linebacker, Deontae Lawson is continuing to make progress as he attempts to make his way back to the football field.
The Mobile, Alabama native returns to the Crimson Tide for a fifth season after suffering a season-ending injury against Oklahoma in 2024.
Lawson still managed to finish the season tied for ninth in the SEC with 76 tackles, including 6.5 tackles for loss and two sacks despite not finishing the season healthy. He did not participate in spring practice with Alabama, but he continues to show signs of improvement, per Alabama football’s head coach Kalen DeBoer.
“He is doing great,” DeBoer said via AL.com. “I know this was back in December, kind of really a hard hit for him, thinking NFL, and he was well on his way, going that direction. But, you know, everything happens for a reason. I think he’s really been able to have a maturity about the perspective this is this has put, you know, he has and, um, you know, he’s just dove into his rehab. You really see, and it’s hard to step up as a leader, but you really see him stepping up as a leader, even not being on the football field. And the entire team has this crazy respect for who he is because he’s a hard worker. He’s an unbelievable person too and a great player.”
Lawson is projected to continue to be a leader on the defensive side of the football field when he returns to practice in the fall.
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