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0 Shomari Lawrence

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 207
  • Position Running Back
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Pompano Beach, Fla.
  • Previous School South Dakota
  • High School Ely HS

Biography

2024 All-CUSA Preseason Second Team (Athlon)
2024 All-CUSA Preseason Third Team (Phil Steele)
2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
 
2023: Started all 12 games at running back in first season at FIU…totaled 566 yards on 125 carries – good for the 11th best total in CUSA…averaged 4.5 yards per touch and scored four rushing touchdowns…caught eight passes for 47 yards…opened the season with a 139-yard rushing performance at Louisiana Tech (8/26) and featured a season-long 67-yard run for a touchdown…recorded 89 yards and a touchdown in win over North Texas (9/9)…posted 65 yards on 12 attempts vs. UTEP (10/11)…tabbed 47 yards and a touchdown in overtime road win at Sam Houston (10/18)…totaled 56  yards vs. Jacksonville State (10/25).

2022 (at South Dakota): Appeared in 11 games…totaled 597 rushing yards on 107 carries and three touchdowns…averaged 5.6 yards per carry…posted a season-long run of 52 yards vs. Southern Illinois (10/22)…tabbed a total of 122 yards and a touchdown vs. Southern Illinois (10/22)…opened the season with 84 yards on 14 carries at Kansas State (9/3)…snagged three passes for 56 yards and a touchdown vs. Cal Poly (9/17)…tabbed 75 yards and a score at Illinois State (10/15)…notched 95 yards against Northern Iowa (11/19).
 
2021 (at South Dakota): Coyotes' fourth-leading rusher despite playing just three-plus games before sustaining a season-ending injury…utilized a redshirt season…carried 29 times for 147 yards (5.1 ypc) in those first three games with one touchdown…totaled 33 totes for 160 yards…also caught six passes for 77 yards…had a 29-yard touchdown run in the season opener at Kansas that was the Coyotes' first touchdown of the season and the first of his collegiate career (9/3).
 
2020 (at South Dakota): Season was reduced to four games in the spring due to COVID-19 ...was one of 10 true freshmen who competed for the Coyotes…made his collegiate debut at home in game three against Missouri State (3/13)…earned his first carries in game four at Youngstown State where he ran twice for nine yards (3/20)…was not charged a year of eligibility due to NCAA rules related to the pandemic...MVFC Honor Roll member
 
Prep: Two-sport star at Blanche Ely HS in Pompano Beach, Fla., who helped lead the Tigers to a 7-4 record on the gridiron as a senior in 2019...earned first-team all-Broward County honors after totaling 1,206 all-purpose yards including 1,004 rushing and totaled 14 touchdowns...was the Otis Gray Award winner for overall outstanding play at the 2019 BCAA All-Star Football Classic...also competed in track and field for the Tigers.

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Historical Player Information

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    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    Running Back
    6'0" 200 lbs
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    2024Redshirt Junior

    Running Back
    6'0" 207 lbs
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