6-3, 230
Florida State
Draft: round 1, pick 15
age 27.1, born May 14, 1986

Outlook: In 2012 Lawrence Timmons took over for James Farrior as the centerpiece of the Steelers defense. Timmons is a talented player with the ability to rush the passer, cover tight ends and running backs in the passing game and stand up strong against the run. 2010 was his most productive statistical season. That year he finished with career highs in tackles and assists at 96-39, as well as passes defended with 10. It is Timmons big play ability that makes him particularly intriguing. Over the past five seasons he has recovered 4 fumbles, forced 10, intercepted 7 passes and recorded 23 sacks. Timmons got off to a slow and inconsistent start last season be finished very strong with 29 tackles, 5 sacks a forced and a recovered fumble over the final 4 games. There is some risk involved for anyone who picks up Timmons as their number one linebacker, but if he can pick up where he left off he could very well finish among the top 10 in 2013.

YR	TM	TK	AS	SK	IN	FF	FR	PD	TD
2007	PIT	11	2	0	0	0	2	0	0
2008	PIT	43	22	5	1	1	1	3	0
2009	PIT	56	22	7	0	4	0	4	0
2010	PIT	96	39	3	2	2	2	10	0
2011	PIT	68	25	2	1	1	0	5	0
2012	PIT	75	31	6	3	2	1	5	1

2012

WK	OPP	TK	AS	SK	IN	FF	FR	PD	TD
1	DEN	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	NYJ	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	OAK	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	PHI	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
6	TEN	2	4	0	1	0	0	1	0
7	CIN	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	WAS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	NYG	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
10	KC	4	3	0	1	0	0	2	0
11	BAL	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	CLE	6	4	0	1	0	0	1	1
13	BAL	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	SD	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DAL	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
16	CIN	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
17	CLE	5	1	2	0	1	1	0	0

2011

WK	OPP	TK	AS	SK	IN	FF	FR	PD	TD
1	BAL	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	SEA	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	IND	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	HOU	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	TEN	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	JAX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	ARI	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	NE	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	BAL	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	CIN	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
12	KC	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	CIN	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	CLE	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	SF	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	STL	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
17	CLE	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
18	DEN	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

2010

WK	OPP	TK	AS	SK	IN	FF	FR	PD	TD
1	ATL	9	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
2	TEN	12	3	0	0	1	0	0	0
3	TB	5	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
4	BAL	7	8	0	0	0	1	0	0
6	CLE	9	2	2	1	0	0	1	0
7	MIA	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8	NO	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	CIN	3	1	0	1	0	0	2	0
10	NE	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	OAK	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
12	BUF	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	BAL	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	CIN	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	NYJ	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	CAR	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	CLE	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
19	BAL	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	NYJ	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	GB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2009

WK	OPP	TK	AS	SK	IN	FF	FR	PD	TD
2	CHI	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3	CIN	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	SD	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	DET	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
6	CLE	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
7	MIN	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	CIN	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	KC	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
12	BAL	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0
13	OAK	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	CLE	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	GB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	BAL	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MIA	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

2008

WK	OPP	TK	AS	SK	IN	FF	FR	PD	TD
1	HOU	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	CLE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	PHI	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	BAL	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
5	JAX	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	CIN	7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
8	NYG	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	WAS	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
10	IND	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	SD	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	CIN	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	NE	3	2	0	1	0	0	1	0
14	DAL	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
15	BAL	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
16	TEN	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	CLE	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	SD	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	BAL	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	ARI	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2007

WK	OPP	TK	AS	SK	IN	FF	FR	PD	TD
1	CLE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	BUF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	SF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	ARI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	SEA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	DEN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	CIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	BAL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
10	CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	NYJ	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	MIA	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
13	CIN	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	NE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	JAX	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	STL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	BAL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	JAX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

WK		OPP	STATS vs ILB
1		TEN	12      11      10
2	@	CIN	12      11      10
3		CHI	12      11      10
4	@	MIN	12      11      10
6	@	NYJ	12      11      10
7		BAL	12      11      10
8	@	OAK	12      11      10
9	@	NE	12      11      10
10		BUF	12      11      10
11		DET	12      11      10
12	@	CLE	12      11      10
13	@	BAL	12      11      10
14		MIA	12      11      10
15		CIN	12      11      10
16	@	GB	12      11      10
17		CLE	12      11      10