About
Zeiqui Lawton
12/15/21 | 12:35 p.m.
DL
Position
6-3
Height
266
Weight
Charleston, W.Va.
Hometown
Cincinnati
Previous School
12/10/21
Official Visit
12/13/21
Verbal Commit
12/15/21
Signs NLI
Biography
- Transferring to WVU after one season at Cincinnati in 2021
- Redshirted his first season with the Bearcats
- 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
- Held 13 offers, including Illinois, Indiana, Louisville, NC State, Nebraska and Oregon
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