2023 Football Roster
Jersey Number 99
Zeiqui Lawton
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 270
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Charleston, W.Va.
- High School:
- South Charleston
- Prev School:
- Cincinnati
2022 (r-Fr.)
- Did not see game action
2021 (Fr.) - Cincinnati
- Redshirted
High School
- 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)
- Majoring in integrated studies
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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