Dawan Landry

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Dawan Landry

PositionSafety

Experience4 years

Height6-0

Weight220

CollegeGeorgia Tech

High SchoolHahnville (LA)

HometownAma, Louisiana

Birthdate12/30/1982

Joined RavensDraft 5A (146th), 2006

Joined NFL2006

Dawan Landry Statistics

    • Games Played/Started: (2006, 16/14); (2007, 16/16); (2008, 2/2); (2009, 7/7) Total 41/39
    • Playoffs: (2006, 1/1) Total 1/1
    • Physical, rangy and productive safety who combines with Ed Reed to form one of the most formidable safety sets in the NFL
    • Enters 2009 with 194 tackles (137 solo), 5 INTs (1 returned for a TD), 4 sacks and 20 PD
    • Saw action in 2 games in 2008, posting 14 tackles (9 solo) - which had him on pace for a career-high 112 tackles - before being placed on Injured Reserve (neck/shoulder) on 11/11 after he was injured making a tackle in game 2 vs. Cle. (9/21)
    • Started a career-best 16 games and was 6th on the team with a career-high 91 tackles (73 solo), 7 PD, and 1 sack (-9 yards) in 2007
    • Named to the 2006 Pro Football Weekly/Professional Football Writers of America All-Rookie Team
    • Finished 2nd on the NFL’s No. 1-rated defense with an NFL rookie-best 5 INTs (1 of which he returned for a TD)
    • His 1st-career INT in 2006 ended Carolina QB Jake Delhomme’s franchise record 150 passes without an INT
    • Landry was the top recipient of Performance Based Pay for the 2006 season, and he was 3rd in 2007
    • The Performance Based Pay system was created as part of the 2002 Collective Bargaining Agreement extension
    • The system creates a fund used as a supplemental form of player compensation based on a comparison of playing time to salary.
    • Dawan Landry was selected in the 5th round (146th overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft
    • He was the 1st of 2 selections in the 5th round with TE Quinn Sypniewski taken 166th overall
    • 2009: Game 7 vs. Den. (11/1): Recorded 4 tackles, including 3 solo, as part of a defense that held the Broncos to 200 total yards and 3 of 13 on 3rd down...Also had a solo special teams stop against the Broncos.
    • Game 6 at Min. (10/18): Posted 5 solo tackles from scrimmage and a special teams stop against the Vikings.
    • Game 5 vs. Cin. (10/11): Netted 4 solo tackles and a PD against the Bengals.
    • Game 4 at NE (10/4): Started and netted 4 tackles as part of a defense that held the Patriots to 40% on 3rd-down conversions.
    • Game 3 vs. Cle. (9/27): Recorded 2 solo tackles, 1 PD and an INT (2nd consecutive game), as part of a defense that held the Browns to 186 total yards, including 126 passing, and forced 4 turnovers in the 34-3 victory.
    • Game 2 at SD (9/20): Posted 8 tackles, including 7 solo, 1 PD and an INT at the Chargers’ 24-yard line, which led to a Ravens’ TD 4 plays later, in the 31-26 win.
    • Game 1 vs. KC (9/13): Started and recorded 5 tackles (3 solo) in the 38-24 win.
    • 2008: Saw action in 2 games before being placed on Injured Reserve (neck/shoulder) on 11/11
    • Landry posted 14 tackles, including 9 solo, before his season was cut short, which had him on pace for a career-high 112 tackles
    • Was injured making a tackle in game 2 vs. Cle. (9/21).
    • 2007: Started a career-best 16 games and was 6th on the team with a career-high 91 tackles (73 solo), 7 PD, and 1 sack (-9 yards)
    • Started and tallied a career-high 11 tackles, including 8 solo ingame 15 at Sea. (12/23)
    • Posted 7 tackles (5 solo), 1 QB hit, helping to force the Rams into a Ravens’ franchise-single-game-record 5 INTs in the 22-3 win in game 6 vs. STL (10/14).
    • 2006: Named to the Pro Football Weekly/Professional Football Writers of America All-Rookie Team on 1/22/07
    • Saw action in all 16 games, starting 14
    • Recorded 89 tackles, the 2nd-highest rookie total in team history (Ray Lewis - 142 in 1996)
    • Also finished 2nd on the NFL’s No. 1-rated defense with an NFL rookie-best 5 INTs (1 of which he returned for a TD), had 13 PD and 3 sacks (-16 yards)
    • Started and was all over the field, posting 10 tackles (7 solo), netting his 1st career sack (-1 yard), and had 1 PD in the 27-26 victory in game 9 at Ten. (11/12)
    • Saw action off the bench and had 4 tackles, 2 PD and a career-high 2 INTs, returning 1 12 yards for his 1st-career TD in game 7 at NO (10/29)
    • Netted 6 tackles (3 solo), 1 TFL, 1 PD and his 1st-career INT, ending Carolina QB Jake Delhomme’s franchise-record 150 passes without an INT in game 6 vs. Car. (10/15)
    • Started his 1st-career game at safety and had 5 tackles (3 solo) and 1 PD in the 27-0 victory in the season opener at TB (9/10).
    • The All-Atlantic Coast Conference 2nd-team FS was originally recruited as a QB, but moved to the secondary during 2002 spring drills
    • Started 37 of 50 career games
    • Landry closed out his career with 250 tackles, the 3rd-highest total in school history for a DB
    • He posted 141 solo tackles and 3 sacks (-28 yards), plus 20.5 TFL (-88 yards)
    • Landry also posted 1 FF and 4 FRs
    • He gained 38 yards on 7 INT returns and 9 PD
    • Spent his sophomore and junior seasons at SS before moving to FS as a senior
    • All-Atlantic Coast Conference 2nd-team selection as a senior in 2005
    • Played every game on special teams as a redshirt freshman in 2002
    • Graduated in Dec. 2005 with a degree in management
    • Named to the All-Southern team by the Orlando Sentinel and tabbed to Max Emfinger’s Louisiana Super Elite 18 as a senior at Hahnville (Boutte, LA) HS
    • He was rated the 3rd-best athletic QB in the nation by Emfinger and was selected to PrepStar’s All-Southeast Region team
    • Landry added All-Metro and All-River Parishes MVP honors during his final year and garnered All-State honorable mention
    • He passed for 1,291 yards and rushed for 1,575 yards accounting for 25 TDs, including 15 rushing and 10 passing, with only 2 INTs
    • Led Hahnville to an 11-0 regular season record before falling in the 2nd round of the playoffs in his senior campaign
    • Was also a standout basketball player
    • Younger brother, LeRon, was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the 1st round (6th overall) in the 2007 NFL Draft
    • In Dec. 2007, Dawan participated in teammate Ed Reed's shopping event at a Baltimore Wal-Mart that provided gift certificates to 100 students from Booker T. Washington school for the holiday season
    • Participated in ‘Teach for America Week’ with teammate Ronnie Prude in April 2008
    • The players taught a 7th grade english class at Arundel Middle School
    • Full name: Dawan Frank Landry

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