2025 Football Roster
Roster

Lyrik Rawls
- Position:
- Safety
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Marshall HS
- Hometown:
- Marshall, Texas
Get to Know Lyrik ...
- Who is your biggest role model and why?
- My mother. She is brave and independent.
- Tell us about your hometown/where you’re from?
- Jefferson, Texas, a small town full of athletes.
- What is one thing that someone wouldn’t know about you?
- I can sing.
2025: Started all 12 games at safety for the Jayhawks and was second on the team in total tackles with 73... Recorded 57 solo tackles and 16 assists on the season along with 1.0 tackles-for-loss, one interception and seven pass breakups... Fresno State: Recorded five tackles, one interception and one pass deflection in the season opener vs. Fresno State...Wagner: Had two tackles and one tackle for loss.. at Missouri: Recorded a career-high 10 tackles...West Virginia: Had four tackles and matched his career high of two pass breakups...Cincinnati: Led the team and matched his career high of 10 tackles (seven solo, three assisted)...at UCF: Recorded six total tackles, all of which were solo tackles...at Texas Tech: Tied his career high of 10 tackles, including a career-high eight solo tackles. Also, matched his career high of two pass breakups...Kansas State: Recorded three tackles...Oklahoma State: Made three solo tackles and had a pass breakup...at Arizona: Had four tackles, one pass breakup and one quarterback hurry...at Iowa State: Collected seven total tackles (six solo, one assisted)... Utah: Led the team with eight total tackles (7 solo, 1 assisted).
2024 (at Oklahoma State): Played in all 12 games as a Cowboy, compiling 23 tackles and an interception on the season ... South Dakota State: Registered a tackle in the win over South Dakota State... Arkansas: Compiled two tackles and two pass breakups against Arkansas... at Tulsa: Had three tackles... Utah: Had two tackles and a pass breakup at Utah... at Kansas State: Saw playing time, did not record any stats... West Virginia: Had a season high eight stops against the Mountaineers... at BYU: Had six tackles and an interception, which he returned for 13 yards at BYU... Baylor: Had one tackle against the Bears... Arizona State: Saw playing time agains the Sun Devils... at TCU: Did not record any stats at TCU... Texas Tech: Returned one kick... at Colorado: Did not record any stats.2023 (at Oklahoma State): Earned the first three starts of his career before missing the remainder of the season to injury ... Finished with 20 total tackles, including 10 solo stops ... Was tied for third on the team in total tackles after the three games he played ... Recorded nine tackles against South Alabama, six against Central Arkansas and five at Arizona State ... Picked off Arizona State quarterback Jaden Rashada near midfield to stop an ASU drive in the second half ... Also had a shared tackle for loss on a third-and-1 play in the fourth quarter.
2022 (at Oklahoma State): Played in 12 games, only missing the Texas Tech game ... Finished the year with 24 tackles, 18 of which were solo stops, as well as 2.0 tackles for loss, a sack, two pass breakups and a forced fumble ... Had at least one tackle in seven games and least three tackles in five games ... Recorded a season-best seven tackles against West Virginia ... Recorded a strip sack that forced a turnover in the second half of the Guaranteed Rate Bowl against Wisconsin ... Also recorded a key pass breakup behind the line of scrimmage that kept Wisconsin from gaining a first down on a third-and-two with less than four minutes remaining in the game ... His other pass breakup came against UAPB ... Served as a game captain against Kansas.
2021 (at Oklahoma State): Saw action against Kansas and again in the Big 12 Championship game while taking a redshirt but did not record any statistics ... Enrolled early in the spring of 2021.
High School: Played his last two seasons for Jake Griedl at Marshall … A third-team selection on the Whataburger Texas High School Football Super Team at defensive back … His team finished 5-5 during his senior season in 2020 ... Played on both sides of the ball ... As a junior in 2019 he totaled 459 yards and seven touchdowns according to 247Sports … Earned District 9-5A second-team honors at safety as a junior … Racked up 94 tackles, two tackles for loss, two interceptions and two forced fumbles as a sophomore at Jefferson, where he was named District 7-3A defensive newcomer of the year … Led Jefferson to an 11-1 record including an undefeated district slate in 2018 … Also competed in basketball and track at Jefferson … A three-star prospect according to ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports … Ranked the No. 31 safety in the class of 2021 by 247Sports … Listed as an athlete by ESPN where he is the No. 52 recruit at the position ... Chose Oklahoma State over TCU, Texas Tech, Kansas, Houston and others.
Personal: Born in Marshall, Texas … Son of Terra Rawls and Leroy Osborne … Majoring in kinesiology.













































































































