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Former Mobile Christian star Deontae Lawson returning to Alabama in 2025
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- Former Mobile Christian star Deontae Lawson returning to Alabama in 2025
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. ( WKRG ) — Former Mobile Christian football star and Alabama Crimson Tide linebacker Deontae Lawson announced he will be returning to the team in the 2025 college football season, according to Lawson's Instagram post on Saturday.
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Lawson was one of the Crimson Tide's defensive captains in 2024.
He accounted for 76 total tackles, 36 solo tackles, seven tackles for loss, two sacks, an interception, four pass deflections and one fumble recovery in 11 games.
Lawson suffered a leg injury in the second half of the game at Oklahoma that forced him to miss the rest of the season.
He is the only captain from this season's Crimson Tide team projected to return next season.
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Lawson joins linebacker Justin Jefferson and defensive tackles Tim Keenan III and LT Overton as defensive starters returning to Alabama next season.
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Lawson will be a fifth-year senior in 2025. It will be his redshirt senior season.
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