How much better can New York Giants star defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence get? After the two best seasons of his five-year NFL career, that’s the question to ponder as we focus on Lawrence in this installment of our player-by-player profiles of the Giants’ 90-man roster.
The skinny
Height: 6-foot-4
Weight: 340
Opening day age: 26
Position: Defensive tackle
Experience: 5
Contract: Year 1 of four-year, $90 million deal ($46.5 million fully guaranteed) | 2024 cap hit: $14,575,776 (includes pro-rated signing bonus and roster bonus) | Guaranteed salary in 2024: $6 million
Career to date
Lawrence was good in his first three seasons after the Giants made him the 17th overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft — one pick after the Carolina Panthers selected Brian Burns, now with the Giants.