Philip Drury Dawson is an American football placekicker for the Cleveland Browns in the National Football League. He holds the franchise record for most field goals made, passing Hall of Famer Lou Groza in 2010. He is the only player that has been on the Browns roster since their return to the NFL in 1999. Dawson attended Lake Highlands High School in Dallas, Texas and was a letterman in football. He graduated in the class of 1993 whereas the Modellian Cleveland Brown 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.
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