Sammy Dawkins
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No. 50 Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||
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| Inside Linebacker | |||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
| Place of birth: Fort Lauderdale, FL | |||||||||
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Career information | |||||||||
| High school: Broward Community College | |||||||||
| College: Purdue | |||||||||
| NFL Draft: 2023 / Round: 2 / Pick: 45 | |||||||||
| Debuted in 2023 for the Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||
Career history
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| Roster status: Active | |||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||
Career NFL statistics as of Week 0, 2025 | |||||||||
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Sammy Dawkins is an American football inside linebacker who plays for the Kansas City Chiefs. He played college football at Purdue.
Contents
Early Life
Recruiting
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Sammy Dawkins MLB |
Fort Lauderdale, FL | Broward CC | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 243 lb (110 kg) | Juco | |
Skill: Potential:
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College Career
Statistics
Through the conclusion of the 2022 season, Dawkins' statistics are as follows:
| Season | Defense | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Tackles | TFL | Int | Sacks | FF | FR | TD | Safeties | ||||
| 2021 | 13 | 13 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NCAA Career Totals | 26 | 26 | 76 | 10 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Professional Career
Pre-draft
| Ht | Wt | 40-yd dash | Shuttle | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | Wonderlic |
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| 6 ft 4 in | 243 lb | 4.56 s | 4.46 s | 7.26 s | 31.5 in | 31 reps | 40 | |
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Draft
Sammy Dawkins was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs with the 45th overall pick of the 2023 NFLHC Draft.
Regular season
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