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Ben Golliver: Las Vegas Summer League honors Brandon Clarke with a moment of silence before Sunday’s championship game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Golden State Warriors. Clarke led the Grizzlies to the 2019 Las Vegas Summer League championship and was named MVP.
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Malachi Lawrence is one of the best rookies in Madden 27, rated a 79 overall, and is tied for the fourth-best rookie rating in the game.
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Lawrence is tied with Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Mansoor Delane, New York Giants linebacker Arvell Reese and Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Akheem Mesidor. The UCF Knights alum is amongst elite company with two top 10 picks in Delane and Reese.
He is repping the Black and Gold proudly with the Dallas Cowboys, who selected him 23rd overall. Scouts viewed him as a Day 2 pick, but an impressive combine performance boosted his draft stock and led to Lawrence becoming the highest-selected defensive player in Knights history.
Many teams raved about the rare characteristic he possessed in the new college football environment: loyalty. Dallas' first-round pick spent all five years in Orlando.
The former Knight preferred building connections and his skill set at one school rather than jumping ship often. Lawrence looked up to Tre'Mon Morris-Brash, whom he keenly watched and learned from during his tenure.
"Just learning from him, he was very flexible, and like he would go do different moves, and so just watching him at practice and then recreating him," Lawrence told reporters at his introductory press conference. "I say that's how my arsenal kind of started growing."
The 22-year-old soaked up knowledge like a sponge, and it led to him becoming a significant contributor on the defensive line. He had a breakout year in 2023, totaling 27 tackles and 7.5 sacks.
Lawrence saw some regression in 2024, recording two fewer sacks and 12 fewer tackles, but also added a forced fumble. He finished second on the team in sacks and 11th-most in the Big 12 despite the decrease in production.
The NFL scouts took notice of UCF's star EDGE in 2025 when he had a career year. He set a career-high in tackles (28) and tackles for loss (11) and added seven sacks to the season.
It earned him All-Big 12 First Team and an honorable mention for Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year. His name finally made headlines, shining a bright light on the Knights program, and the Cowboys' selection in the first round could get more scouts to look UCF's way.
"I want to just put on a good name for UCF," Lawrence said. "So like when coaches and scouts are going back there, they'll be like, 'Let's go check out UCF. I heard they have a talented defensive or offensive guy.'"
Lawrence became another milestone for UCF football, joining the program's small group of first-round NFL draft picks and giving future Knights another example of the path to the league.
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