{{Short description|American football player (born 1982)}} {{Use American English|date=September 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | image = Dawan landry ravens2008.jpg | caption = Landry at Ravens training camp in 2008 | number = 26 | position = Safety | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|12|30|mf=y}} | birth_place = Ama, Louisiana, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lbs = 212 | high_school = Boutte (LA) Hahnville | college = Georgia Tech | draftyear = 2006 | draftround = 5 | draftpick = 146 | pastteams = * Baltimore Ravens ({{NFL Year|2006}}–{{NFL Year|2010}}) * Jacksonville Jaguars ({{NFL Year|2011}}–{{NFL Year|2012}}) * New York Jets ({{NFL year|2013}}–{{NFL Year|2014}}) | highlights = * Second-team All-ACC (2005) * PFWA All-Rookie Team (2006) | statlabel1 = Total tackles | statvalue1 = 768 | statlabel2 = Sacks | statvalue2 = 8.0 | statlabel3 = Forced fumbles | statvalue3 = 3 | statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries | statvalue4 = 2 | statlabel5 = Interceptions | statvalue5 = 14 | statlabel6 = Defensive touchdowns | statvalue6 = 3 | pfr = LandDa21 }}
'''Dawan Frank Landry''' (born December 30, 1982) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the fifth round of the 2006 NFL draft. He played college football at Georgia Tech.
==College career== While at Georgia Tech, he majored in Management. Dawan was a quarterback at Hahnville High School; he originally was redshirted to play quarterback in college but changed positions. Dawan, in four years, had 250 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, 7 interceptions, and four fumble recoveries. The most notable performance of Dawan's career was against Auburn in 2005 when he accumulated 10 tackles and an interception to help defeat the Tigers at Jordan–Hare Stadium 24–13.
==Professional career== {{NFL predraft | height ft = 6 | height in = 0 7/8 | weight = 220 | dash = 4.60 | ten split = 1.60 | twenty split = 2.71 | shuttle = 4.27 | cone drill = 6.99 | vertical = 39.0 | broad ft = 10 | broad in = 8 | bench = 20 | arm span = 31 | hand span = 9 5/8 | note = All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nfl.com/prospects/dawan-landry/32004c41-4e14-4473-b019-f3fabd8a68a2 |title=Dawan Landry Draft and Combine Prospect Profile |website=NFL.com |access-date=December 28, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=10868&DraftYear=2006 |title=2006 NFL Draft Scout Dawan Landry College Football Profile |access-date=July 6, 2023 |website=DraftScout.com}}</ref> }}
===Baltimore Ravens=== The Baltimore Ravens selected Landry in the fifth round (146th overall) in the 2006 NFL draft. Landry was the 14th safety drafted in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2006 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2006/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
On July 21, 2006, the Baltimore Ravens signed Landry to a three-year, $1.20 million contract that included a signing bonus of $129,000.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spotrac.com: Dawan Landry contract |url=https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/new-york-jets/dawan-landry-1101/#:~:text=Dawan%20Landry%20signed%20a%202,average%20annual%20salary%20of%20%241%2C500%2C000. |access-date=August 25, 2021 |website=Spotrac.com}}</ref>
Throughout training camp, Landry competed to be the starting free safety against Gerome Sapp, Jamaine Winborne, B.J. Ward, and Robb Butler. Head coach Brian Billick opted to move Ed Reed to free safety and named Landry the starting strong safety to begin the regular season. Dawan's rookie season for the Baltimore Ravens saw him earn a starting spot in the defensive secondary alongside fellow safety Ed Reed. Dawan had a stellar rookie season, standing out on the league's #1 ranked Defense by collecting 69 tackles, 3 sacks, 6 passes defensed, and 5 interceptions for 101 yards and one touchdown.
<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/7895|title=Dawan Landry|work=Yahoo! Sports|access-date=2007-03-23}}</ref> Landry's season earned him one vote for AP Defensive Rookie of the Year, making him only one of seven players to earn a vote.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2718180|title=Ryans named AP Defensive Rookie of the Year|date=2007-01-03|work=ESPN|access-date=2007-03-23}}</ref> In January, 2007, Landry was voted to the ''Pro Football Weekly'' PFWA All-Rookie Team as a starting defensive safety{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} as well as Rick Gosselin's All-Rookie team as featured in ''The Dallas Morning News''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/columnists/rgosselin/stories/011407dnsponflrookieteam.2771c15.html|title=All-Rookie Team|author=Rick Gosselin|date=2007-01-13|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News}}</ref>
In his second season with the Ravens, 2007, he finished the campaign with 82 tackles, 1 sack, and 6 passes defensed, having the third most tackles on the defense, behind Bart Scott and Ray Lewis.
His third season in 2008 got off to a promising start, recording 11 tackles in the first two games of the season. However, in the second game, against the Cleveland Browns, he suffered what could have been a career-ending spinal concussion injury, tackling former Baltimore Raven Jamal Lewis. He was later judged to be okay, but his season was ended, as he was replaced by backup Jim Leonhard. He would miss out, as the Ravens would go on to advance to the AFC Championship.
thumb|left|200px|Landry with the Jaguars in 2011 In the 2009 offseason, he got himself back in game shape, and was read to take back his starting job. By all accounts, he enjoyed a successful comeback, posting career highs in tackles with 89, and passes defensed with 8. He also led the team in interceptions with four, returning one for a 48-yard touchdown against the Cleveland Browns, avenging his injury.
He continued his impressive play in 2010, recording 111 tackles, along with one sack and a forced fumble. In a game against the Carolina Panthers, fellow safety Ed Reed caught an interception, which he then lateraled to Landry, with Dawan taking it 23 yards for the go-ahead touchdown. Not only did he top his season best tackle count, with 111, but in the last two seasons he was second on the team in tackles, behind only Ray Lewis.
===Jacksonville Jaguars=== Landry agreed to terms on a five-year contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars on July 29, 2011.<ref>[https://www.sbnation.com/2011-nfl-free-agency/2011/7/29/2303790/dawan-landry-signs-jaguars-ravens-nfl-free-agency Dawan Landry Signs With Jaguars, Reports Indicate-SB Nation] Retrieved 15 September 2012.</ref> He finished his first season as a Jaguar with 97 tackles, two interceptions, one forced fumble, and half a sack. On November 16, 2012, Landry was fined $10,000 for a late hit against the Indianapolis Colts in Week 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/fines-roundup-houston-texans-tim-dobbins-fined-30k-by-nfl-0ap1000000095952|title=Fines roundup: Tim Dobbins of Texans fined for Jay Cutler hit|work=National Football League|date=2012-11-16|access-date=2012-11-16}}</ref>
On March 8, 2013, Landry was released by the Jaguars.<ref>{{cite web | last=Sessler |first=Marc |title=Dawan Landry, Aaron Ross cut by Jacksonville Jaguars |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/dawan-landry-aaron-ross-cut-by-jacksonville-jaguars-0ap1000000148756 |work=NFL.com |date=March 8, 2013 |access-date=2013-03-08}}</ref>
===New York Jets=== The New York Jets signed Landry on April 9, 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jets sign S Dawan Landry, brother of LaRon |url=http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2013/04/jets_sign_s_dawan_landry_broth.html |work=The Star-Ledger |author=Orr, Conor |date=9 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203195710/http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2013/04/jets_sign_s_dawan_landry_broth.html |archive-date=3 December 2013 |access-date=9 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==NFL career statistics== {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" ! colspan="2"| Legend |- | '''Bold''' | Career high |}
===Regular season=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="5"| Tackles !colspan="5"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles |- ! GP !! GS !! Cmb !! Solo !! Ast !! Sck !! TFL !! Int !! Yds !! TD !! Lng !! PD !! FF !! FR !! Yds !! TD |- ! 2006 !! BAL | '''16''' || 14 || 69 || 48 || 21 || '''3.0''' || 4 || '''5''' || '''101''' || '''1''' || 37 || '''11''' || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2007 !! BAL | '''16''' || '''16''' || 83 || 68 || 15 || 1.0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2008 !! BAL | 2 || 2 || 11 || 8 || 3 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2009 !! BAL | '''16''' || '''16''' || 89 || 70 || 19 || 0.0 || '''5''' || 4 || 89 || '''1''' || '''48''' || 8 || '''1''' || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2010 !! BAL | '''16''' || '''16''' || '''111''' || '''86''' || 25 || 1.0 || 2 || 1 || 23 || '''1''' || 23 || 4 || '''1''' || '''1''' || 0 || 0 |- ! 2011 !! JAX | '''16''' || '''16''' || 97 || 71 || 26 || 0.5 || 1 || 2 || 28 || 0 || 28 || 4 || '''1''' || '''1''' || 0 || 0 |- ! 2012 !! JAX | '''16''' || '''16''' || 100 || 81 || 19 || 0.0 || 0 || 1 || 47 || 0 || 47 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2013 !! NYJ | '''16''' || '''16''' || 101 || 63 || 38 || 1.0 || 2 || 1 || 38 || 0 || 38 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2014 !! NYJ | '''16''' || 14 || 107 || 67 || '''40''' || 1.5 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! colspan="2"| !! 130 !! 126 !! 768 !! 562 !! 206 !! 8.0 !! 18 !! 14 !! 326 !! 3 !! 48 !! 43 !! 3 !! 2 !! 0 !! 0 |}
===Playoffs=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="5"| Tackles !colspan="5"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles |- ! GP !! GS !! Cmb !! Solo !! Ast !! Sck !! TFL !! Int !! Yds !! TD !! Lng !! PD !! FF !! FR !! Yds !! TD |- ! 2006 !! BAL | 1 || 1 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2009 !! BAL | '''2''' || '''2''' || '''18''' || '''14''' || 4 || 0.0 || 1 || '''1''' || '''67''' || 0 || '''42''' || '''3''' || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2010 !! BAL | '''2''' || '''2''' || 15 || 8 || '''7''' || '''0.5''' || '''3''' || 1 || 9 || 0 || 9 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! colspan="2"| !! 5 !! 5 !! 36 !! 24 !! 12 !! 0.5 !! 4 !! 2 !! 76 !! 0 !! 42 !! 5 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 |}
==Personal life== Landry from Ama, Louisiana, is the older brother of former LSU All-American safety LaRon Landry, who was selected by the Washington Redskins in the first round of the 2007 NFL draft. {{clear}}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/landry_dawan00.html Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets bio] * [http://www.newyorkjets.com/team/roster/Dawan-Landry/afdb56c6-59b6-4ef8-b880-0d07e22bca8f New York Jets bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507050353/http://www.newyorkjets.com/team/roster/dawan-landry/afdb56c6-59b6-4ef8-b880-0d07e22bca8f/ |date=2013-05-07 }}
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