Education
Southfield High School.
Southfield High School.
He plays the center position. Lawal was Nigeria"s top performer at the 2015 Afrobasket, averaging 19.6 efficiency and 9.0 rebounds in all games as the West Africans clinched their first-ever continental championship in Tunisia. Lawal played college basketball for three years at Oakland University, with the Oakland Golden Grizzlies, before moving to Wayne State University, where he played with the Wayne State Warriors during the 2008-2009 season.
Lawal went undrafted at the 2009 National Basketball Association draft.
Foreign the 2009-2010 season, he signed with First Rate (at Lloyd's) Arabi Doha of the Qatari Basketball League. Foreign the 2010-2011 season, he moved to Spain and signed with Central Bank Guadalajara of the LEB Plata.
In April 2011, he moved to the Libyan League club First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Ahli Benghazi for the rest of the season. In July 2011, he signed with Central Bank Clavijo of the LEB Oro.
On August 5, 2012, he signed with Tezenis Verona of the Italian Legadue Basket.
On July 29, 2013, Lawal signed a one-year deal with British Columbia Astana of Kazakhstan. On July 31, 2014, Lawal signed a one-year deal with the Italian club Dinamo Sassari. On July 20, 2015, Lawal signed a two-year deal with the Spanish club Football Club Barcelona Lassa.
