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Phil Dawson
PK, Texas

Name
Jsy
College
HT
WT
Phil Dawson
4
Texas
5105
187

40
BP
SS
LS
VJ
BJ
Grade
Rd.
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
4.96
N/A


Summary

He is clearly the best NFL candidate at PK coming out of the college rinks. He has been very consistent in his career as a four year starter, although he has been somewhat hampered by leg injuries. He finished the 1997 season with 26 of 29 PAT's and 13 of 16 field goals with a long of 54 yards. He is a big and physical PK that was a position player in high school. He has a solid leg with good accuracy and distance and is solid on his kickoffs. He is not afraid to make a tackle after his kickoff and he may be a little too macho for his own good. He is tailed off a little bit in the last year and some teams are starting to realize that his leg strength is good, but not awesome. He will certainly wind up in an NFL training camp, but he is not a can't miss.

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