Brian Dawkins

**Brian Patrick Dawkins** (born October 13, 1973) is an American football player. He is a safety for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round of the 1996 NFL Draft. He played college football at Clemson.

He is a nine-time Pro Bowl selection. Dawkins is a member of the Philadelphia Eagles 75th Anniversary Team, the NFL 2000s All-Decade Team and the 20/20 Club (20 sacks, 20 interceptions).

## College

Dawkins played college football for the Clemson Tigers. He was voted an All-American. Dawkins had 247 tackles and 11 interceptions during his time at Clemson.

### Philadelphia Eagles

Dawkins was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2nd round (61 overall) of the 1996 NFL Draft. He beat out Eric Zomalt for a starting spot, which Dawkins never lost. He was a dominant force and is one of the most famous Philadelphia defenders. In 2002 against the Houston Texans, Dawkins became the first player ever to have a sack, interception, and touchdown catch in one game. He and the Eagles parted after the 2008 season. Dawkins's last game as an Eagle was an NFC Championship loss to the Arizona Cardinals.

### Denver Broncos

Dawkins signed a 5-year, $17 million contract with the Denver Broncos. His hard-hitting and dominant style of play continued. After quarterback Tim Tebow was traded to he New York Jets in March 2012, Dawkins said that Tebow "spiritually healed his injured neck."

### Career overview

Dawkins has been known for his hard hits that have come with the Eagles and Broncos. For his professional career, Dawkins has 911 career tackles, 36 forced fumbles, 26 sacks, 37 interceptions, 513 yards, and three total touchdowns.

## References

- Dawkins signs 5-year deal with Broncos
- Dawkins gives former Eagles employee 2 game tickets
- Stats at Pro-Football-Reference.com
- With Daughters healthy, Brian Dawkins looks forward to 2008
- Buy Brian Dawkins's house
- Dawkins claims tebow healed his neck-Bleacher Report

## Infobox (nfl player)

- **name**: Brian Dawkins
- **image**: Brian_Dawkins.jpg
- **caption**: Dawkins in 2014
- **position**: Safety (American football position), Safety
- **number**: 20
- **birth place**: Jacksonville, Florida
- **height ft**: 6
- **height in**: 0
- **weight lbs**: 210
- **high school**: William M. Raines High School, Willam M. Raines
(Jacksonville, Florida)
- **college**: Clemson Tigers football, Clemson
- **draftyear**: 1996
- **draftround**: 2
- **draftpick**: 61
- **pastteams**: * Philadelphia Eagles (–)
* Denver Broncos (–)
- **pastadmin**: * Philadelphia Eagles (2016–2018)
Executive of football operations for player development
- **highlights**: **As player**
* 9× Pro Bowl (2000 Pro Bowl, 1999, 2002 Pro Bowl, 2001, 2003 Pro Bowl, 2002, 2005 Pro Bowl, 2004–2007 Pro Bowl, 2006, 2009 Pro Bowl, 2008, 2010 Pro Bowl, 2009, 2012 Pro Bowl, 2011)
* 5× First-team All-Pro (2001 All-Pro Team, 2001, 2002 All-Pro Team, 2002, 2004 All-Pro Team, 2004, 2006 All-Pro Team, 2006, 2009 All-Pro Team, 2009)
* Second-team All-Pro (1999 All-Pro Team, 1999)
* National Football League 2000s All-Decade Team, NFL 2000s All-Decade Team
* Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame
* Philadelphia Eagles#Retired numbers, Philadelphia Eagles No. 20 retired
* Second-team College Football All-America Team, All-American (1995 College Football All-America Team, 1995)
* First-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference, ACC (1995 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team, 1995)
**As administrator**
* Super Bowl champion (Super Bowl LII, LII)
- **statlabel1**: Tackle (football move), Total tackles
- **statvalue1**: 1,131
- **statlabel2**: Quarterback sack, Sacks
- **statvalue2**: 26.0
- **statlabel3**: Fumble, Forced fumbles
- **statvalue3**: 36
- **statlabel4**: Fumble, Fumble recoveries
- **statvalue4**: 19
- **statlabel5**: Interceptions
- **statvalue5**: 37
- **statlabel6**: Touchdown, Total touchdowns
- **statvalue6**: 4
- **nfl**: DAW041411
- **pfr**: DawkBr00
- **hof**: brian-dawkins