draftyear death_date death_place birth_place statvalue article_title position draftround college birth_date nfl number draftpick statlabel
2000 12 july 2015 lavon lake houston , texas 52 664 2 jajuan dawson
 wide receiver 3 tulane 5 november 1977 daw561271 88 , 87 79 receptions receiving yards touchdowns
jajuan dawson

jajuan leroy dawson -lrb- november 5 , 1977 -- july 12 , 2015 -rrb- was a wide receiver in the nfl from 2000-2002 .
he played for the cleveland browns and houston texans .
he was drafted by the browns in the 3rd round of the 2000 nfl draft with the 79th overall pick .
he was a 1995 graduate of h.l. bourgeois high school in gray , louisiana .
he played collegiately at tulane university , alongside future nfl quarterbacks shaun king and patrick ramsey .
he also played in an offensive system under then oc rich rodriguez in 1997 and 1998 .
dawson was reported to have fallen overboard while on a boating trip with family on july 12 , 2015 .
reports surfaced that he drowned in lavon lake , texas , and his body was recovered on july 14 .
dawson was not wearing a lifejacket .
