Drew Dalman
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| No. 67 – Atlanta Falcons | |||||||
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| Position: | Center | ||||||
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| Born: | October 15, 1998 Salinas, California, U.S. | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 305 lb (138 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Palma (Salinas, California) | ||||||
| College: | Stanford (2017–2020) | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 2021 / round: 4 / pick: 114 | ||||||
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| Roster status: | Injured reserve | ||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of 2024 | |||||||
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Drew Brazil Dalman[1] (born October 15, 1998) is an American professional football center for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Stanford.
College career
[edit]Dalman was ranked as a three–star recruit out of high school.[2] He committed to Stanford, where his father went to play football,[3] on August 30, 2016.[4] Dalman had other offers from Arizona, Colorado, Columbia, Fresno State, Idaho, Michigan, Nevada, Washington, Wyoming and Yale.[5] Dalman played 4 years at Stanford as a center. Dalman started 22-of-25 games (20 at center, two at guard) over four years for the Cardinal. Dalman did not allow a single pressure as a senior, fortifying a Stanford offensive line that did not allow a sack all season in 2020. Dalman earned first-team All-Pac-12 Conference honors as a senior and was named team captain. Dalman started all 12 games at center as a junior in 2019 and was named second-team All-Pac 12. Dalman was named to second-team 2020–2021 CoSIDA Academic All-America team after majoring in mechanical engineering and maintaining a 3.61 grade point average.
Professional career
[edit]| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 6 ft 3+3⁄8 in (1.91 m) |
299 lb (136 kg) |
32 in (0.81 m) |
10+1⁄2 in (0.27 m) |
5.00 s | 1.74 s | 2.89 s | 4.51 s | 7.33 s | 33.0 in (0.84 m) |
9 ft 1 in (2.77 m) |
33 reps | |
| All values from Pro Day[6][7] | ||||||||||||
Dalman was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons with the 114th pick in the fourth round of the 2021 NFL draft.[8] He signed his four-year rookie contract with Atlanta on June 17, 2021.[9]
After his rookie season as a backup, Dalman was named the Falcons starting center in 2022.
Personal life
[edit]Dalman is the son of former San Francisco 49ers player Chris Dalman.[10] Dalman also has a sister named Kate who is the operations and recruiting assistant for the Stanford football program.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Drew Dalman Draft Profile". NFL.com.
- ^ "Drew Dalman 247". 247Sports.
- ^ Nowels, Michael (May 2021). "Family business: Father, son share emotional hug after Stanford's Drew Dalman taken in NFL Draft". The Mercury News.
- ^ "Drew Dalman Recruiting Profile". 247Sports.
- ^ "Drew Dalman Recruit Interests". 247sports.com.
- ^ "2021 Draft Scout Drew Dalman, Stanford NFL Draft Scout College Football Profile". draftscout.com. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
- ^ "Drew Dalman 2021 NFL Draft Profile". insider.espn.com. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
- ^ Ikic, Adnan (May 1, 2021). "Falcons pick OL Drew Dalman with 114th selection in Round 4". The Falcoholic. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
- ^ Levine, Ben (June 17, 2021). "NFL Draft Pick Signings: 6/17/21". Pro Football Rumors. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
- ^ "Drew Dalman Stanford". Stanford Athletics.
- ^ "Kate Dalman – Football Coach". Stanford University Athletics.