Player Dossier

2014-2016

Georgia Southern

Bernard Dawson

DE • 6'2" • Thomson, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Bernard Dawson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

47%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

66

Solid production for an edge defender

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Reliability

67

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

68

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Georgia Southern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama

Player Story

Bernard Dawson built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a defensive end from Thomson, GA wearing No. 56, spending time with Georgia Southern. The clearest part of Bernard Dawson's career was his defensive...

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Bernard Dawson, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Georgia Southern. Bernard Dawson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
21
TFL
5.5
Sacks
0.5
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Bernard Dawson quick answers

Latest team and position
Georgia Southern · DE
Career Tackles
21
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 8 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Georgia Southern
Top game
South Alabama
Latest roster
No. 56 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
21 tackles · DE 159th (top 44%) · Sun Belt 158th (top 33%) · National 1,886th (top 34%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern8215.50.541066.3

Related Context

Bernard Dawson played DE for Georgia Southern. Across 3 tracked seasons, Bernard Dawson recorded 21 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Georgia Southern.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Georgia Southern paired 11 primary output with 24.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 24.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

1.4

Efficiency

24.7

Usage

9.8

Consistency

59.3

Best Game by takeover score

South Alabama

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Alabama: 3. UL Monroe: 1. Western Michigan: 1. Arkansas State: 2. App State: 2. Louisiana: 2. Georgia State: 0. Troy: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Alabama: 3 by 42.5. UL Monroe: 4 by 26.7. Western Michigan: 2 by 18.3. Arkansas State: 4 by 36.7. App State: 2 by 28.3. Louisiana: 2 by 28.3. Georgia State: 1 by 4.2. Troy: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.3 · Games = 3 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.4 · Games = 5 · +0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

South Alabama

Best efficiency game

42.5 vs South Alabama

Result
Sat 12/3vs TroyW 28-2432000
Sat 11/19@ Georgia StateL 24-3011000
Fri 11/11vs LouisianaSplash gameL 26-3322100
Thu 10/27vs App StateSplash gameL 10-3422100
Thu 10/6@ Arkansas StateSplash gameL 26-2742200
Sat 9/24@ Western MichiganL 31-4921001
Sat 9/17vs UL MonroeW 23-2140100
Sat 9/10@ South AlabamaSplash gameW 24-9320.500.500

Player Story

Bernard Dawson story

Bernard Dawson built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a defensive end from Thomson, GA wearing No. 56, spending time with Georgia Southern. The clearest part of Bernard Dawson's career was his defensive production: 21 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 8 career games in the available record. That gives Bernard Dawson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Georgia Southern

    2014-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201420152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern0
2015 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern00
2016 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern1124.79.811

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ South Alabama

Week 2 · W 24-9 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#2

@ Arkansas State

Week 6 · L 26-27 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

67.8 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.

#3

vs Louisiana

Week 11 · L 26-33 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

#4

vs App State

Week 9 · L 10-34 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

#5

vs UL Monroe

Week 3 · W 23-21 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

39.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

11 primary output · 24.7 efficiency · 9.8 usage

66.3

#2

2014 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

4

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games