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Camp Spotlight: Cornerback Nevin Lawson

NEVIN LAWSON

Position: Cornerback

Ht/Wt: 5-9, 191

College: Utah State

Experience: Third year

Outlook: Lawson enters training camp as the starter opposite Darius Slay on the outside.

After missing nearly all of his rookie season due to a serious foot injury, Lawson stepped in midseason last year when starter Rashean Mathis suffered a season-ending concussion, and played very well. Opponents completed just 55.7 percent of the passes thrown his way the second half of last season for a 9.8 average. For comparison's sake, both numbers were better than what Slay put up the second half of the season.