DT · Cincinnati Bengals · #97
Dexter Lawrence
RDT1- College
- Clemson
- Height
- 6'5"
- Weight
- 350 lb
- Experience
- 8th season
Sacks
4.0▲ 3.5 vs '25
8th of 118 DL
Pressures
10▼ 2 vs '25
20th of 118 DL
Pressure rate
3.7%▲ 2.2 vs '25
23rd of 118 DL
Run stops
13▼ 10 vs '25
22nd of 118 DL
Tackling
16 tkl
7 tfl · 17 stops · 0 ff
Ranks compare against the 118 qualifying defensive linemen on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
Pressures by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 vs TBW | 35 | 61.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 @ HOUW | 51 | 63.7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 3 @ PITL | 49 | 79.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 4 vs JAXL | 47 | 77.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 5 @ MIAW | 43 | 65.2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 7 @ BALW | 42 | 62.7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Season | 267 | 67.9 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 4.0 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
How he compares
2026 defensive linemen who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
signed 2026 with Bengals
$28Mover 1 year
- Avg. per year
- $28M
- Guaranteed
- $10M 36%
- 2026 cap hit
- $15.3M 4.8% of the cap
- Signed
- 2026
- Runs through
- 2026
2026 · now
Year 1 of 1 ·
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 6 | 267 | 67.9 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 39.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 17 | 754 | 67.6 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 20.0 | 0.5 | 8 | 12 | 0 | – | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 12 | 552 | 73.1 | 41 | 38 | 8 | 5.0 | 9.0 | 16 | 18 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 16 | 707 | 66.7 | 48 | 44 | 6 | 8.3 | 4.5 | 21 | 25 | 1 | 118.8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 16 | 864 | 81.7 | 58 | 49 | 7 | 1.4 | 7.5 | 28 | 36 | 3 | 42.4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 16 | 757 | 68.6 | 52 | 41 | 5 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 79.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 16 | 655 | 60.0 | 48 | 45 | 5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 70.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 16 | 701 | 63.0 | 35 | 35 | 3 | 13.9 | 2.5 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 83.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Career | 115 | 5,257 | 68.4 | 328 | 295 | 45 | 5.6 | 34.5 | 110 | 149 | 13 | 41.8 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 0 |