Drew Dalman | |
Current Team: | Atlanta Falcons |
Number: | 67 |
Position: | Center |
Birth Date: | 15 October 1998 |
Birth Place: | Salinas, California, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 3 |
Weight Lbs: | 300 |
High School: | Palma (Salinas, California) |
College: | Stanford (2017–2020) |
Draftyear: | 2021 |
Draftround: | 4 |
Draftpick: | 114 |
Pastteams: |
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Status: | Active |
Highlights: |
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Statleague: | NFL |
Statseason: | 2023 |
Statlabel1: | Games played |
Statvalue1: | 48 |
Statlabel2: | Games started |
Statvalue2: | 31 |
Pfr: | DalmDr00 |
Drew Brazil Dalman[1] (born October 15, 1998) is an American football center for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Stanford.
Dalman was ranked as a threestar 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.
Dalman was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons with the 114th pick in the fourth round of the 2021 NFL draft.[6] He signed his four-year rookie contract with Atlanta on June 17, 2021.[7]
Dalman is the son of former San Francisco 49ers player Chris Dalman.[8] Dalman also has a sister named Kate who is the operations and recruiting assistant for the Stanford football program.[9]