Don Dawson III: Indianola, Iowa DT Looks to Make More Big Plays in 2011
I recently had the pleasure of putting together a rather unique highlight video for Don Dawson III, a very intriguing 6-2, 270lbs defensive tackle out of Indianola High School, located in Indianola, IA.
The thing that made this particular highlight video project unique for me is that the video, captured by his father, Don Dawson II, gives an up-close view of the entire game at the line of scrimmage — giving the viewer a real feel for how the big fellas operate in the trenches. And I’m intrigued by his son, Don, because he shows a lot of potential to become a very effective DT at the college level.
A two-way starter for the Indians in 2010, Dawson recorded 6 sacks, 2 block passes and a bunch of hurries as a DT and he also displayed the same level of nastiness from his guard position on offense—he just flat out wants to knock somebody down!
“That’s my kind of player.”
I’m sure that much of what Don is capable of doing on the football field is a testament to his wrestling background (well, the kid is from Iowa, the wrestling mega-capital of the world).
His dad says that the CIML All-Conference honorable mention player has been getting a lot of looks from the region’s numerous division II football programs but he is hoping that maybe at least some bigger schools will start looking his way, too.
Hopefully, Don will put together a nice enough season in 2011 to make that a reality.
He is already at the door: all he needs to do, now, is kick it in by raising his level of play up a notch from last year.
Good luck, Don.
Check out Don’s defense highlights below. Click on the following two links to visit his myWEBThang website to see his: Offense Highlights and animated Photo Slideshow Gallery w/music.
July 29, 2011 @ 9:38 am
This Dawson boy kicks ass! I know these are only highlights. But I also saw his O video (a bulldozing-pancaker) and he has a real mean streak in him like he wants to hurt somebody out there. Is something wrong with him that we don’t know about, because you’d think that he would be getting some attention from some division 1 schools based on his size and what you see on the highlights?
July 29, 2011 @ 8:12 pm
J-Rock: Like I said Dawson is intriguing. I saw all of his games on film and like every prospect he has areas to be improved upon. However, he shows the potential to become a big-time player. To make that happen: this season he will need to play every down like he does on his highlight film plus kick it up a notch. If he can do that he will at the very least draw attention to himself and he will fall no less than a very good d-2 program —he will even have a shot at the bigs (D1AA or even a D-1A) if he comes up really huge in 2011.
As of now, he has not been on the big schools’ recruiting radar.
I’ll just say that if I were a big league coach, based on what I saw on film, I would at least keep tabs on him to see how he develops this season. He made a lot of impressive plays last year — starting both ways!
July 29, 2011 @ 11:58 am
That video and music make me want to out and crack some heads. Metallica is the badest rock band ever! Love it!!!!!!!!!
July 30, 2011 @ 1:30 pm
I really enjoyed this video because it was nice to see some up close linemen action for a change and Don Dawson can play some ball. I know it’s a long shot but I like his aggressiveness and I hope that he will be successful this year so that the Hawkeyes maybe give him a shot.
Thanks for sharing.