{"id":744164,"date":"2026-02-11T05:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T05:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/744164\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T05:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T05:37:11","slug":"former-clemson-star-trevor-lawrence-on-his-breakout-nfl-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/744164\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Clemson star Trevor Lawrence on his breakout NFL season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 10, 2026, 6:01 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Trevor Lawrence\u2019s 2025 season put him back in the national spotlight, even if it didn\u2019t end with hardware.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback and former <a href=\"\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Clemson<\/a> star earned finalist nods for both Associated Press Most Valuable Player and AP Comeback Player of the Year after guiding Jacksonville to a 13-4 regular-season record, an AFC South championship, and a return to the playoffs. <a href=\"https:\/\/clemsonwire.usatoday.com\/search\/?q=Trevor+Lawrence\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lawrence<\/a> ultimately finished fifth in MVP voting and fourth in Comeback Player of the Year balloting, with Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford taking home MVP honors and San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey winning Comeback Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">While the awards went elsewhere, Lawrence\u2019s production told the story of a quarterback playing some of the best <a href=\"https:\/\/clemsonwire.usatoday.com\/search\/?q=Football+\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">football<\/a> of his career. He completed 60.9 percent of his passes for 4,007 yards with a career-high 29 touchdown throws and 12 interceptions. He also added a new dimension as a runner, setting personal bests in carries (82), rushing yards (359), and rushing touchdowns (nine). His 38 total touchdowns ranked third in the NFL, trailing only Stafford (46) and Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (39).<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Speaking with NBC\u2019s Pro Football Talk at Radio Row ahead of Super Bowl LX, Lawrence said his 2025 campaign stands out among his five NFL seasons so far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cI would say so, especially the finish to this season,\u201d Lawrence said. \u201cObviously, how I was playing and the confidence I was playing with, but our team, our offense \u2014 it\u2019s all of that. Just a lot of fun, the run we went on. And obviously, didn\u2019t go as far as we wanted to. But as far as just the way the team came together, it was really cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The strong finish was a sharp contrast from 2024, when injuries limited Lawrence to 10 games. That season, he threw for 2,045 yards with 11 touchdowns and seven interceptions before landing on injured reserve in early December due to a shoulder injury and concussion. Entering 2025, Lawrence was focused on proving he was still the franchise quarterback Jacksonville committed to with a five-year, $275 million extension.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He delivered, particularly over the second half of the year. The Jaguars won each of their final eight regular-season games, and during that stretch Lawrence accounted for 24 total touchdowns (19 passing, five rushing) against just five interceptions. His play in December earned him AFC Offensive Player of the Month honors, capped by a dominant closing stretch in which he threw for 1,371 yards, 13 touchdowns, and one interception over his final five games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Despite the personal accolades, Lawrence has remained focused on team success. In an interview with CBS Sports\u2019 Pete Prisco, he explained that outside criticism no longer carries much weight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cI kind of stopped really caring about [that],\u201d Lawrence said. \u201cI think, if anything, I used all that stuff as more of like a chip on my shoulder than anything. People have said a lot about me my whole career, and I\u2019ve always had the belief in myself, that I know I\u2019m a great player and I know what I\u2019m capable of. And it hasn\u2019t always shown. I haven\u2019t always played my best, and that\u2019s part of growth and getting better. Every year\u2019s different, so I gotta go prove it again. I gotta go play well, and I gotta play well at the end of the season in these playoff games so we can go win these games at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cSo, for me, it\u2019s all about the team, and I want to win games with our team. I don\u2019t want to win games just so people think I\u2019m a good quarterback. That naturally happens when you win and you play well. But it\u2019s more about you play this game for your teammates and for the guys around you, because there\u2019s nothing like doing it together. And when you have that success as a team, it\u2019s so much fun. The feeling that we had in the back half of the season, that\u2019s what you\u2019re chasing, because it\u2019s so much fun accomplishing a goal that you set out to do together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Now five seasons into his NFL career, Lawrence has thrown for 17,822 yards and 98 touchdowns while adding 23 rushing scores since entering the league in 2021. After a season like 2025, he appears firmly back on track as the face of the Jaguars\u2019 franchise and one of the league\u2019s premier quarterbacks.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/87249965007-420.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Contact us\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Clemson_Wire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">@Clemson_Wire<\/a>\u00a0on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ClemsonWire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for ongoing coverage of\u00a0<a href=\"\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Clemson Tigers<\/a>\u00a0news and notes, plus opinions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 10, 2026, 6:01 p.m. ET Trevor Lawrence\u2019s 2025 season put him back in the national spotlight, even&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":744165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[95878,7,212,125,2401,213,6,98697,96358,96028,95882,97121,98162,96027,95893,96031,95927,95896,95906,95883,95934,95894,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-744164","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville-jaguars","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jacksonville","11":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","12":"tag-jacksonvillejaguars","13":"tag-jaguars","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportscollegeclemsonfootball","16":"tag-sstsnfootball","17":"tag-tagafc-south","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagchristian-mccaffrey","20":"tag-tagclemson-tigers-football","21":"tag-tagcollege-sports","22":"tag-tagfacebook","23":"tag-tagjosh-allen","24":"tag-tagmatthew-stafford","25":"tag-tagnational-sports","26":"tag-tagoverall-positive","27":"tag-tagsports-news","28":"tag-tagtrevor-lawrence","29":"tag-tagtwitter","30":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116050385021175509","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/744165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}