Phil Dawson
Dawson with the Cleveland Browns
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| No. -- Arizona Cardinals | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Placekicker | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | January 23, 1975 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | West Palm Beach, Florida | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||
| High school: | Dallas (TX) Lake Highlands | ||||||||||||
| College: | Texas | ||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1998 | ||||||||||||
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||||
| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 14, 2016 | |||||||||||||
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| Player stats at PFR | |||||||||||||
| Field goals made: | 404 |
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| Field goal attempts: | 478 |
| Field goal %: | 84.5 |
| Long field goal: | 56 |
| Touchbacks: | 179 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Philip Drury "Phil" Dawson (born January 23, 1975) is an American football placekicker for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Cleveland Browns from 1999 to 2012 and holds their franchise record for most field goals made, passing Hall of Famer Lou Groza in 2010. He played college football at Texas. As of the end of the 2016 NFL season, Dawson is the second oldest player in the league, behind fellow placekicker Adam Vinateri.
Dawson attended Lake Highlands High School in Dallas, Texas and was a letterman in football. In a 1992 playoff game at Texas Stadium against Nacogdoches High School, Dawson kicked a 52-yard field goal as time expired to beat Nacogdoches 31-28. He graduated in the class of 1993; the Modell Era Cleveland Browns placekicker Matt Stover attended the same high school, graduating in 1986. As a senior, he was a starter at both kicker and offensive tackle until he hurt his knee in a preseason scrimmage. He thought he might have to have season ending surgery, but he gutted it out, stuck to kicking, and was named as an All-American and the Southwest Region Offensive Player of the Year by SuperPrep.
Dawson attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a four-year letterman in football. After redshirting his freshman year, he scored 80 points his first year of playing. He also tied a school record with 54 consecutive extra points. The following season he made honorary All-America honors while leading the Longhorns in scoring. He made first-team All-America his junior and senior years, while simultaneously making All-Big 12. He earned a B.A. in political science. Dawson is famous for his 1995 game-winning field goal against University of Virginia, booting a 50-yarder against a 30-MPH wind to give Texas a dramatic 17-16 victory as time expired.
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