No. 27 Winnipeg Blue Bombers | |
![]() Lawson with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2023 | |
Born: | Bloomfield, Connecticut, U.S. | November 5, 1999
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Career information | |
Status | Practice squad |
CFL status | American |
Position(s) | Defensive back |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) |
Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
College | Central Connecticut Appalachian State |
High school | St. Thomas More (Oakdale, CT) |
Career history | |
As player | |
2023–2024 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
2025* | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
2025 | Massachusetts Pirates |
2025–present* | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
*Offseason and/or practice roster only | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career stats | |
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Dexter Lawson Jr. (born November 5, 1999) is an American professional football defensive back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Central Connecticut and Appalachian State. He has also played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
Lawson played high school football at Bloomfield High School in Bloomfield, Connecticut and St. Thomas More High School in Oakdale, Connecticut. [1] [2] [3]
Lawson played college football at Central Connecticut from 2018 to 2021. The 2020 season was cancelled to due the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]
He played in ten games in 2018, recording 17 tackles and four pass breakups. [1] He appeared in 13 games in 2019, totaling 31 tackles, one sack, one forced fumble, five pass breakups and a conference leading six interceptions, earning second team All-Northeast Conference and HERO Sports FCS Sophomore All-American honors. [4] [1] Lawson played in six games in 2021, accumulating 26 tackles and two interceptions. [1]
Dexter transferred to play college football at Appalachian State in 2022. [5] He played in 12 games, starting 10, recording 26 tackles, three interceptions, five pass breakups and one forced fumble. [6]
Lawson signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL) on May 3, 2023. He was moved between the practice roster and active roster several times during the 2023 season. [7] Overall, he dressed in nine games, starting eight, for the Tiger-Cats in 2023, totaling 29 tackles on defense, one special teams tackle and one interception. [8] [9]
In 2024, Lawson played and started in four games where he recorded 16 defensive tackles and one special teams tackle. [10] He was then moved to the practice roster and then ultimately released on July 24, 2024. [10]
Lawson joined the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in January 2025 but was released in June 2025 as part of final roster cuts ahead of the 2025 CFL season. [11] Lawson then joined the Massachusetts Pirates of the Indoor Football League in early July 2025, before being re-signed by the Blue Bombers to their practice squad in at the end of the month. [12] [11]