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Jersey Number 98
Lawton Riggs
- Year:
- Freshman
- Position:
- Tight End
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 240
- Hometown:
- Ashburn, Va.
- High School:
- Stone Bridge
- Major:
- Finance
2016 as a Freshman: Redshirted to retain a year of eligibility.
High School: First Team All-Conference 14 all-purpose player as a junior and Second Team tight end and all-purpose player as a senior… Helped Stone Bridge reach the VHSL 5A state title game in 2015 after winning Region 5A North championship as a senior… Played both tight end and defensive end for the Bulldogs… Earned 21 team player of the week awards his junior and senior seasons… Team captain at Stone Bridge… Tri-sport athlete who also played basketball and baseball… Part of the Bulldogs’ 2015 5A state championship baseball team… Helped Stone Bridge to a pair of conference and region baseball championships.
Personal: Full name is Lawton Ray Riggs… Son of Kirk and Melissa Riggs… Has a brother, William, and two sisters, Courtney and Presley… Father, Kirk, ran cross country at Alabama Huntsville… Majoring in finance.
High School: First Team All-Conference 14 all-purpose player as a junior and Second Team tight end and all-purpose player as a senior… Helped Stone Bridge reach the VHSL 5A state title game in 2015 after winning Region 5A North championship as a senior… Played both tight end and defensive end for the Bulldogs… Earned 21 team player of the week awards his junior and senior seasons… Team captain at Stone Bridge… Tri-sport athlete who also played basketball and baseball… Part of the Bulldogs’ 2015 5A state championship baseball team… Helped Stone Bridge to a pair of conference and region baseball championships.
Personal: Full name is Lawton Ray Riggs… Son of Kirk and Melissa Riggs… Has a brother, William, and two sisters, Courtney and Presley… Father, Kirk, ran cross country at Alabama Huntsville… Majoring in finance.
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