Defensive back, Florida, 2014–17
Duke Dawson
- Number
- No. 7
- Height
- 5′10″
- Weight
- 202 lb
- Hometown
- Cross City, FL
- Born
- Oct 3, 1996, in Cross City, Florida
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Duke Dawson played defensive back at Florida (2014–17). The New England Patriots took Dawson in round 2, No. 56 overall in the 2018 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
8tackles, career highvs. LSU, 2017Honors
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2017 Florida 10 games, 34 tackles, 4 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Michigan | L 17–33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Tennessee | W 26–20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sep 23 | at Kentucky | W 28–27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 30 | vs. Vanderbilt | W 38–24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 7 | vs. LSU | L 16–17 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 14 | vs. Texas A&M | L 17–19 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 28 | vs. Georgia | L 7–42 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Nov 4 | at Missouri | L 16–45 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 11 | at South Carolina | L 20–28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 25 | vs. Florida State | L 22–38 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2016 Florida 11 games, 24 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Massachusetts | W 24–7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 10 | vs.Kentucky | W 45–7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. North Texas | W 32–0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | atTennessee | L 28–38 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 1 | atVanderbilt | W 13–6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 29 | vs.Georgia | W 24–10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 5 | at Arkansas | L 10–31 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 12 | vs.South Carolina | W 20–7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | atLSU | W 16–10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 26 | atFlorida State | L 13–31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. Iowa | W 30–3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2014 Florida 1 game, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6 | vs. Eastern Michigan | W 65–0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2018 Senior Bowl (North team, lost 16–45).
| Drill | Combine 2018 | Combine or pro day 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′10⅝″ | |
| Weight | 197 lb | |
| Arm length | 31½″ | |
| Hand size | 9″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.46 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.53 s | |
| Bench press | 15 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.02 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.39 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
2 seasons, 13 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Denver Broncos | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Denver Broncos | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 13 | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | CFL | BC Lions * |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.
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