BIOGRAPHY
Devaroe Lawrence was born October 13, 1992 in Greenville, South Carolina. He is a Defensive Tackle for the Washington Football Team in the NFL.
Lawrence was born and grew up in Greenville, South Carolina and attended Carolina Academy. His biological father was absent from his life and his mother abandoned him at the age of 12 after giving him to another couple in an unofficial adoption. He dealt drugs starting in eight grade and was served a two week jail sentence while in high school and had two more stints in jail shortly after his graduation. He was taken in by Sam Kelly, one of the assistant coaches at Carolina Academy, who employed Lawrence at his software company.
aving had no offers to play college football out of high school due to poor academic performance and his legal issues, Lawrence initially took courses at Greenville Technical College. Participated in an open tryout Georgia Military College's football team and was offered a spot on the team as a walk-on, despite having been overweight and not having played the sport in over two years. He redshirted his freshman year in order to get into shape. He committed to Auburn over offers from Southern Miss and West Virginia going into his redshirt freshman season.
Lawrence then played three seasons for the Tigers.
Lawrence was signed by the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent on May 1, 2017.
Lawrence was traded to the Cleveland Browns on September 1, 2018 for a 2019 seventh-round draft pick.
On November 30, 2019, Lawrence was signed to the Kansas City Chiefs practice squad.
On September 30, 2020, Lawrence signed with the Washington Football Team's practice squad. On January 11, 2021, Lawrence signed a reserve/futures contract with Washington.
