Cameron Lawson
{{Short description|Canadian gridiron football player (born 1998)}}
{{Infobox CFL biography
| name = Cameron Lawson
| number = 99
| team = Winnipeg Blue Bombers
| image = 2022, 99, Cameron Lawson (2).jpg
| image_upright = 0.95
| caption = Lawson with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2022
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|10|7}}
| birth_place = Caledon, Ontario, Canada
| death_date =
| death_place =
| status = 1-game injured
| import = no
| position1 = Defensive tackle
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 285
| CIS = Queen's
| high_school = St. Edmund Campion
| CFLDraftedYear = 2020
| CFLDraftedRound = 2
| CFLDraftedPick = 16
| CFLDraftedTeam = Montreal Alouettes
| playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|2021}}
| playing_team1 = Montreal Alouettes
| playing_years2 = {{no wrap|{{CFL Year|2022}}–present}}
| playing_team2 = Winnipeg Blue Bombers
| career_footnotes =
| career_highlights =
| Honours = Second Team All-Canadian (2019)
| CFL = cameron-lawson-2/165741/
}}
Cameron Lawson (born October 7, 1998) is a Canadian professional football defensive tackle for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
University career
Lawson played U Sports football for the Queen's Gaels from 2016 to 2019.{{cite web|url=https://gogaelsgo.com/sports/football/roster/cameron-lawson/8981 |title=Cameron Lawson |publisher=Queen's Gaels |access-date=May 8, 2022}} In his final year in 2019, he was named a U Sports Second Team All-Canadian at defensive tackle after recording 15.5 tackles, seven tackles for a loss, 3.5 sacks, and one fumble recovery.{{cite web|url=https://gogaelsgo.com/news/2019/11/21/football-lawson-named-u-sports-all-canadian.aspx |title=Lawson named U Sports All-Canadian |publisher=Queen's Gaels |date=November 21, 2019}}
Professional career
= Montreal Alouettes =
Lawson was ranked as the 14th best player in the Canadian Football League's Amateur Scouting Bureau final rankings for players eligible in the 2020 CFL Draft, and fourth by players in U Sports.{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2020/04/20/gallimore-headlines-spring-edition-scouting-bureau/ |title=Gallimore headlines spring edition of Scouting Bureau |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=April 20, 2020}} He was then drafted in the second round, 16th overall, in the draft, by the Montreal Alouettes.{{cite web |url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/football/cfl/montreal-alouettes/alouettes-select-carabins-db-dequoy-14th-overall-in-cfl-draft |title=Alouettes select Carabins DB Dequoy 14th overall in CFL draft |publisher=Montreal Gazette |date=April 30, 2020}} However, he did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of both the 2020 CFL season and the 2020 U Sports football season. Instead, it was announced that he had signed with the Alouettes on January 20, 2021, to a rookie contract.{{cite web |url=https://en.montrealalouettes.com/2021/01/20/alouettes-sign-quebecers-jean-samuel-blanc-felix-faubert-lussier/ |title=Alouettes sign Quebecers Jean-Samuel Blanc and Félix Faubert-Lussier |publisher=Montreal Alouettes |date=January 20, 2021}} Following the team's training camp in 2021, he made the team's roster, but was the team's reserve player for the first three games of the season (did not dress in a game).{{cite web |url=https://d3ham790trbkqy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2021_CFL_Gm_Notes_64_Mtl_at_Ham_ESF.pdf |title=Game Notes |publisher=Canadian Football League |access-date=May 8, 2022}} He played in his first professional game on September 3, 2021, against the Ottawa Redblacks in the Labour Day Classic. He played in four regular season games that year and was on the reserve roster for the other 10 games and the East Semi-Final.
= Winnipeg Blue Bombers =
On May 3, 2022, the day of the 2022 CFL Draft, Lawson and the 13th overall pick were traded to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in exchange for the ninth and 18th overall selections in the draft.{{cite news|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2022/05/03/bombers-als-swing-draft-day-trade/ |title=Bombers, Als swing draft day trade |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=May 3, 2022}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.bluebombers.com/players/cameron-lawson-2/165741/ Winnipeg Blue Bombers bio]
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Category:Canadian football defensive linemen
Category:Montreal Alouettes players
Category:Sportspeople from Caledon, Ontario
Category:Players of Canadian football from Ontario