Honors
- MVFC All-Newcomer Team: 2022
- MVFC Honor Roll: 2020-21
- CSC Academic All-District: 2023
FIU
2024: Carried 47 times for 177 yards and a touchdown in 8 appearances for coach Willie Simmons ... Was a Preseason All-CUSA selection by Athlon and Phil Steele ...
2023: Saw action in 12 games for the Panthers with 125 attempts for 566 yards (4.5 ypc) to rank 11th in CUSA with 4 TDs ... Also had 8 receptions for 47 yards in his FIU debut season ... Had career-best 139 rushing yards in season opener at LA Tech (8/26/23), including a 67-yard TD run ... Recorded 89 yards and a touchdown in win over North Texas (9/9/23) ... Named to College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team.
South Dakota
2022: Carried 107 times for 597 yards and 3 touchdowns (5.6 ypc) with a season-best 122-yard game vs. Southern Illinois (10/22/22) ... Also had 84 yards on 14 carries at Kansas State (9/3/22) ... Landed on MVFC All-Newcomer Team ...
2021: Played 3 games in his redshirt campaign (2021) with 33 carries for 160 yards ...
2020-21: Made 4 appearances in 2020-21 spring COVID season, including an appearance against MoState ... Earned Coyotes Newcomer of the Year Award ... Named to MVFC Honor Roll.
High School
Was a two-sport star and four-year starter at Blanche Ely High in Pompano Beach, Fla. ... Helped lead coach C.J. Wimberly’s Tigers to a 7-4 record as a senior (2019) and earned first-team All-Broward County honors after 1,004 rushing yards, 1,206 all-purpose yards and 14 touchdowns ... Earned Otis Gray Award for top performance at the 2019 BCAA All-Star Football Classic ... Also competed in track and field at Blanche Ely.
Personal
Shomari Dakari Lawrence was born 11/28/01 in Jamaica ... Son of Dakarai and Kazha Lawrence of Pompano Beach, Fla. ... Has Four brothers, Dakarai, Negus, Karson and Caleb ... Majoring in Graduate Studies.