Son of former Clemson All-American and NFL great Brian Dawkins, a nine-time Pro Bowler…played four years at Valor Christian High School in Colorado and that team won the state championship three of those years… …had 83 tackles his senior year when the team had a 10-4 record…had three double figure tackle games in 2014…had an interception or a pass deflection in 11 of the 14 games…had four interceptions for 16 return yards in 2014, he also had seven passes defended…as a junior in 2013 had 40 tackles, including 4.5 tackles for loss…had career high six interceptions for 85 yards and added eight passes broken up…also had a fumble recovery…finished his career with 10 interceptions for 101 yards and seven tackles for loss…all-state and all-league his junior and senior seasons…played in the Blue-Grey All-Star game…played the 2015 season at Fork Union in Virginia…also played basketball in high school and ran track.… was a league champion in the long jump, ran the 100m dash, and ran on several sprint relay teams…played his high school football for Rod Sherman…recruited by Mike Reed.

Mickey Plyler on Dawkins: I have not seen a lot of his video yet but I do know there is a need in the secondary and on special teams. There is a great opportunity to make an impact here with the departures from last season.

Reminds Plyler of: Hopefully his old man

Clemson offered on 6/15/14 and he committed on 1/17/15.