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STAFF<br />

DEMARCUS LAWRENCE<br />

90 • Defensive End<br />

SIDELINES HISTORY PLAYOFF RECORDS 2014 SEASON D EMARCUS<br />

RECORDS<br />

LAWRENCE<br />

6-3 • 265 • 4/28/92<br />

Boise State • D2 for ‘14 (34th overall)<br />

NFL: 2nd Year • Cowboys: 2nd Year<br />

Games/Starts: 2014-7/0; Career-7/0<br />

Postseason: 2014-2/0; Career-2/0<br />

PRO: With an immediate need for an impact player at right defensive end, the Dallas Cowboys packaged their original<br />

second (47th overall) and third round (78th overall) draft choices and moved up in the second round of the<br />

2014 NFL Draft in a trade with Washington to select DeMarcus Lawrence with the 34th overall pick. He was given<br />

the opportunity to compete for a starting spot during his first training camp, but a broken foot suffered in practice<br />

landed him on the Reserve/Injured-Returnable list, forcing him to miss the first eight games of the season. He<br />

played in seven regular season games, missing one with an injured chest, and both playoff games, tallying 11 tackles,<br />

one for a loss and six pressures. He had two sacks, two fumble recoveries and a forced fumble in the postseason.<br />

In <strong>2015</strong> Lawrence looks to push for a starting role and change the fortunes of the Dallas defensive front.<br />

TRANSACTION SUMMARY:<br />

9/2/14: Placed on Reserve/Injured-Returnable with a foot injury and activated (11/1).<br />

5/9/14: Drafted in the second round (34th overall) by Dallas.<br />

2014:<br />

• Landed on Reserve/Injured-Returnable as the season opened after breaking his foot in a training camp practice.<br />

• Played in seven regular season games, posting 11 tackles, one for a loss, and six pressures.<br />

• Played in both playoff games, finishing with one tackle, two sacks, two fumble recoveries, a pressure and<br />

a forced fumble.<br />

• Made his NFL debut against Arizona (11/2) and posted three tackles and a pressure before adding a tackle<br />

and a pressure at Jacksonville (11/9) in London.<br />

• Posted one tackle and his first career tackle for a loss in the comeback win at the N.Y. Giants (11/23).<br />

• Added one tackle on Thanksgiving Day against Philadelphia (11/27).<br />

• Had three tackles and a season-best three hurries in the season-ending win at Washington (12/28).<br />

• In the Wild Card Playoff Game against Detroit (1/4/15), had the game sealing play on a sack/fumble that<br />

he also recovered. Finished with one tackle, the sack and forced fumble, one pressure and two fumble<br />

recoveries.<br />

• Posted a sack in the Divisional Playoff Game at Green Bay (1/11/15).<br />

COLLEGE:<br />

• Named Walter Camp All-America second-team and first-team All-Mountain West, twice named Mountain West<br />

Defensive Player of the Week - one of only two defensive players in the league to earn multiple weekly honors<br />

- and was named Boise State's Most Valuable Defensive Player. Ranked third on the team with 72 tackles<br />

and forced three fumbles, tied for 22nd in the country, after starting each of his 12 games played as a junior.<br />

• As a sophomore, started each of his 11 games played during his debut season with the Broncos and was<br />

named the team’s Most Outstanding Defensive Lineman after transferring from Butler Community College.<br />

• Named first-team All-Mountain West after recording team highs with 13 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks, while<br />

also leading all Bronco defensive lineman with 48 tackles.<br />

• Earned first-team JC Gridwire, second-team NJCAA All-America honors and was named first-team All-<br />

Jayhawk Conference after finishing with 69 tackles - second on the team - while also registering team highs<br />

with 21 tackles for loss and 12 sacks at Butler Community College in El Dorado, Kansas.<br />

• Redshirted as a true freshman.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

• Attended Silver Bluff High School in Aiken, S.C.<br />

• Was a North-South All-Star selection his senior year in high school after playing tight end, offensive tackle<br />

and defensive end for the Bulldogs.<br />

• Recorded 97 tackles and three sacks from the defensive tackle position during as a senior.<br />

• Majored in communication at Boise State.<br />

COMMUNITY:<br />

• 2014 Rookie Club presented by UnitedHealthcare.<br />

• 2014 NFL PLAY 60 FITNESSGRAM® school visit.<br />

• 2014 Home Run Derby Competition benefitting The Salvation Army.<br />

• 2014-15 Dallas Cowboys U High School Camp.<br />

• 2014 NFL Play 60 clinic, London, England.<br />

• 2014 Fan Appreciation Pep Rally, London, England.<br />

• Annual Team Holiday Hospital Visits.<br />

• Kick Off Luncheon and Dallas Cowboys Family Cookbook benefiting Happy Hill Farm.<br />

• Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas.<br />

• Salvation Army Angel Tree Christmas Program.<br />

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