Deontae Lawson wins 2025 Alabama Media 'Good Guy' Award

Alabama linebacker Deontae Lawson is the 2025 Media Good Guy Award recipient.

Media members who cover the Crimson Tide football program on an everyday basis voted, and the fifth-year senior received the most first-place votes (12). The Media Good Guy Award is given to the Alabama football player who 1.) regularly makes himself available for interviews, 2.) does so with a positive attitude, and 3.) gives thoughtful answers to reporters’ questions.

First-place votes get three points, second-place votes get two, and third-place votes get one.

Media Good Guy Award voting

1. Deontae Lawson – 44 points (12 first-place votes)
2. Ty Simpson – 36 points (5)
3. Kadyn Proctor – 14 points (1)
4. Germie Bernard – 6 points (1)
T-5. Tim Keenan – 3 points
T-5. Josh Cuevas – 3 points
T-5. Ryan Williams – 3 points
T-8. Jam Miller – 2 points
T-8. Bray Hubbard – 2 points
10. Parker Brailsford – 1 point

Lawson, a two-time team captain and Alabama’s leading tackler entering the College Football Playoff, is the seventh Media Good Guy Award winner but the first since the 2019 season. The Mobile, Alabama, native has played in and started all 13 games for the Tide and leads the defense with 75 tackles. Lawson has also tallied three tackles for loss, three pass breakups and one forced fumble in his final season. He recently earned his Master’s degree from UA.

Past Media Good Guy winners include Cyrus Jones (2014), Reggie Ragland (2015), Ryan Anderson (2016), Rashaan Evans (2017), Josh Jacobs (2018) and Jared Mayden (2019).

Media members who voted for the award include: Charlie Potter (BamaOnLine), Blake Byler (BamaOnLine), Nick Kelly (AL.com), Matt Stahl (AL.com), Mike Rodak (Bama247), Alex Scarborough (Bama247), Colin Gay (Tuscaloosa News), Chase Goodbread (Tuscaloosa News), Katie Windham (BamaCentral), Hunter De Siver (BamaCentral), Will Miller (BamaCentral), Joe Gaither (BamaCentral), Justin Smith (Touchdown Alabama), Tony Tsoukalas (Touchdown Alabama), Ryan Fowler (Tide 100.9), Wyatt Fulton (Tide 100.9), Johnny Congdon (ABC 33/40 News), Jonathan Hoppe (WBRC 6 News) and Emily Grace McWhorter (Yea Alabama).

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