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Bengals' Carl Lawson is a breakout candidate in 2019, bound to prove doubters wrong

Returning from injury in 2019, Cincinnati Bengals edge defender Carl Lawson showed briefly this preseason why expectations are high for him to enjoy a breakout campaign in his third season in the league.

Heading into the 2017 NFL Draft, the former Auburn Tiger was the 14th-ranked player overall on our big board, coming off a ridiculously efficient final season in college where he racked up nine sacks, 15 hits and 42 hurries on just 364 pass-rushing opportunities. What caused him to fall in the draft were injury concerns, something that hasn’t been put to bed in the NFL yet, especially with him suffering a season-ending injury a year ago.