DeMarcus Lawrence

Signed by Seattle as a UFA on March 13, 2025.

TRANSACTIONS:

05/09/14:  Drafted by Dallas (2nd round, 34th overall)
09/03/14:  Placed on IR (foot)
11/01/14:  Activated from reserve
09/03/16:  Suspended by Commissioner-Less than One Year
10/03/16:  Suspension Lifted by Commissioner
03/08/18:  Signed Franchise Tag tender
04/09/19:  Signed Franchise Tag tender
09/12/20:  Re-signed by Dallas
09/16/21:  Placed on IR (foot)
12/02/21:  Activated from reserve
03/15/22:  Re-signed by Dallas
03/15/23:  Re-signed by Dallas
10/01/24:  Placed on IR (foot)
03/13/25:  Signed by Seattle as a UFA

NFL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

• Named to his fifth Pro Bowl during Seattle's 2025 Super Bowl LX-winning season. Led team in tackles for loss (11), forced fumbles (3), and fumble recoveries (3, 1st NFL). Against Arizona (11/9/25), became the fourth player since 1920 with multiple fumble return touchdowns in a game, joining Al Nesser (3 in 1920 for the Akron Pros), Fred Evans (2 in 1948 for Chicago), and Jeremy Chinn (2 in 2020 for Carolina).

• Was named to his second-consecutive Pro Bowl in 2023, fourth total, after starting all 17 games for the second straight season. Registered 57 tackles (second-most of his career), six tackles for loss (tied for second on the team), 47 quarterback pressures (second-most of his career and second on the team), a career-best six pass breakups, 4.0 sacks and a forced fumble.

• In 2023, named the Cowboys Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year nominee.

• Compiled two tackles, a sack and three quarterback pressures against the N.Y. Giants (11/12/23) to surpass 300 tackles for his career.

• Started every game for the third time of his career in 2022, first since 2019, and contributed a career-high 61 tackles, six tackles for loss, 6.0 sacks, 45 pressures, three forced fumbles and two recoveries, returning one for a touchdown, to earn his third Pro Bowl selection.

• Played in his 100th career game, named a team captain and tallied four tackles, one for a loss, two hurries, a pass breakup and a forced fumble, the 16th of his career (third in team history), at the N.Y. Giants (12/19/21).

• Picked off his second career pass, returning it 40 yards for his first career touchdown against Washington (12/26/21). Also added a sack, two hurries and a breakup.

• Started 15 games in 2020 and led the team in sacks (6.5), tackles for loss (eight), pressures (37) and forced fumbles (four, tied for the most in his career) while finishing eighth with 52 tackles.

• Selected to his second straight Pro Bowl in 2018, starting 15 of 16 games played and leading the team in sacks (10.5), tackles for loss (12) and hurries (39) while adding 47 tackles (seventh on the team), one interception, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery.

• Named to his first-career Pro Bowl in 2017 after tying for second in the NFL with a career-best 14.5 sacks and team-leading 52 pressures, the most by a Cowboys defender in a single season since Charles Haley had 52 in 1994.

• Named NFC Defensive Player of the Month for September with a league-best 6.5 sacks in the first three games in 2017.

• Was named NFC Defensive Player of the Week after his career-best 3.0-sack performance at Arizona (9/25/17). Became just the third NFL player (Mark Gastineau, 1984, and Kevin Greene, 1998) to have three multi-sack games in each of the first three games of a season.

• Extended his sack streak to six games at San Francisco (10/22/17), becoming the ninth player in NFL history to record a sack in each of the first six games of the season. Forced and recovered a fumble on the sack to go with three tackles and a pressure.

HONORS: 2025: NFC Pro Bowl, NFC Defensive Player of the Week 10; 2023: NFC Pro Bowl; 2022: NFC Pro Bowl; 2018: NFC Pro Bowl; 2017: second-team AP All-Pro, NFC Pro Bowl; 2017: NFC Defensive Player of the Month for September, NFC Defensive Player of the Week 3.

COLLEGE: Was first-team All-Mountain West and was named Boise State's Most Valuable Defensive Player, ranking third on the team with 72 tackles and forced three fumbles after starting each of his 12 games played as a junior. As a sophomore he started each of his 11 games played during his debut season with the Broncos and was named the team's Most Outstanding Defensive Lineman after transferring from Butler Community College. Named first-team All-Mountain West after recording team highs with 13 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks, while also leading all Bronco defensive lineman with 48 tackles. Earned second-team NJCAA All-America honors and was named first-team All-Jayhawk Conference, finishing with 69 tackles and team highs with 21 tackles for loss and 12.0 sacks at Butler Community College.

PERSONAL: Attended Attended Silver Bluff High in Aiken, S.C. and was a North-South All-Star selection his senior year after playing tight end, offensive tackle and defensive end for the Bulldogs. Recorded 97 tackles and 3.0 sacks from the defensive tackle position during as a senior. Lawrence has three children, and he and his wife, Sasha, were married in the spring of 2019. Majored in communications.