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2009: Appeared in, and started, all 11 games for the Rams at the inside linebacker position...Placed ninth on the team in tackles with 40 total tackles...Recorded 30 solo and 10 assisted tackles on the season as well as eight tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery...Recorded five tackles, all solo, versus North Carolina A&T on Sept. 5 including one tackle for loss...Tallied five total tackles, two solo and three assisted, versus Florida A&M on Sept. 10...Recorded four total tackles, three solo and one assisted, versus Morgan State in the New York Urban League Classic on Sept. 19 where he also earned three tackles for loss a fumble recovery and a forced fumble...Tallied five tackles, all solo, and one tackle for loss at South Carolina State on Sept. 26...Was held without a tackle at Howard on Oct. 3 due to registering only minimal playing time due to injury...Recorded a pair of tackles, both solo, at UC Davis on Oct. 17...Tallied a season-high seven tackles at Bethune-Cookman on Oct. 24 where he earned four solo tackles and three assisted tackles as well as one tackle for loss...Earned three tackles, all solo, one tackle for loss and a forced fumble versus Hampton on Oct. 31...Chipped in with four total tackles, three solo and one assisted as well as one tackle for loss versus Delaware State on Nov. 7...Recorded four total tackles, two solo and two assisted versus North Carolina Central on Nov. 14...Closed the season with one tackle at Norfolk State on Nov. 21.
2008: Returned in 2008 after a year off in 2007...Appeared in all 11 games for the Rams with no starts...Ranked 11th in total tackles with 32...Recorded 19 solo tackles and 13 assisted tackles with five tackles for loss and one sack...Forced one fumble...Recorded at least one tackle in 10 of the Rams' 11 games...Collected a pair of tackles at North Carolina A&T on Sept. 6...Tallied one tackle versus Savannah State on Sept. 13...Recorded four tackles, three of which were solo, versus Morgan State on Sept. 20...Collected a trio of solo versus South Carolina State on Sept. 27...Collected four tackles, three of which were solo at Florida A&M on Oct. 9...Tallied a pair of tackles in the Rams' loss to Bethune-Cookman on Oct. 24...Turned in a two-tackle performance at Hampton on Nov. 1...Turned in his best game of the season at Delaware State on Nov. 8 with 10 tackles, five solo and five assisted...Recorded a trio of assisted tackles and turned in 1.5 tackles for loss at North Carolina Central on Nov. 15...Closed the season with one tackle versus Norfolk State on Nov. 22...Forced one fumble on the season as he collected his lone forced fumble versus Morgan State on Sept. 20.
2007: Did not appear in any games for the Rams...Spent the entire season concentrating on academics.
2006: Appeared in eight games for the Rams with no starts...Recorded 11 tackles on the season with nine solo tackles and two tackle assists...Recorded a pair of sacks, both of which came against Coastal Carolina (Sept. 30)...Also forced a fumble versus the Chanticleers...Recorded a tackle in all eight of his appearances.
2005: Was enrolled at North Carolina Central before transferring to WSSU in the spring of 2006.
Personal: A native of Durham, N.C., he is a graduate of Northern Durham High School where he was an all-conference selection his senior season...Will be expected to start at the linebacker position for the Rams...The son of Charissa Dawson...An exercise science major...Born in Durham, N.C. on July 9, 1986.
Dawson's Statistics: Year G/GS UT AT Total TFL Int. PBU FF/FR 2009 11/11 30 10 40 8/19 0 1 2/1 2008 11/0 19 13 32 5/17 0 0 1/0 2007 Did Not Participate (Redshirt) 2006 8/0 9 2 11 2/1 0 0 0/0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 30/11 58 25 83 15/37 0 1 3/1
