Lake Dawson

{{Short description|American football player and executive (born 1972)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Lake Dawson

| current_team = Buffalo Bills

| position = Assistant director of college scouting

| number =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|01|2}}

| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 204

| high_school = Federal Way
(Federal Way, Washington)

| college = Notre Dame

| draftyear = 1994

| draftround = 3

| draftpick = 92

| pastteams =

• Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|1994|1997}})
• Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|1999}})

| pastexecutive =

• Seattle Seahawks
  Pro scout & pro personnel assistant ({{NFL Year|2001|2004}})
  Assistant director of pro personnel ({{NFL Year|2004|2007}})
• Tennessee Titans
  Director of pro personnel ({{NFL Year|2007|2010}})
  Vice president of football operations ({{NFL Year|2011|2012}})
  Vice president of player personnel ({{NFL Year|2012|2015}})
• Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year |2016|2017}})
  Senior personnel executive
• Buffalo Bills (2017–present)
  Assistant director of college scouting

| statlabel1 = Receptions

| statvalue1 = 103

| statlabel2 = Receiving yards

| statvalue2 = 1,406

| statlabel3 = Touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 10

}}

Lake Dawson (born January 2, 1972[http://www.nfl.com/players/lakedawson/profile?id=DAW612432 Lake Dawson]) is an American former professional football player who is an executive in the National Football League (NFL). He graduated from Federal Way High School in 1990, where he had participated in football, basketball, and track.[https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19900405/1064840/federal-way-ace-saves-his-best-for-notre-dame Local News | Federal Way Ace Saves His Best For Notre Dame | Seattle Times Newspaper] He played for the University of Notre Dame from 1990 to 1994[http://www.titansonline.com/team/administration/staff.php?PRKey=136 Tennessee Titans administration] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017185819/http://titansonline.com/team/administration/staff.php?PRKey=136 |date=2007-10-17 }} and then was selected as a wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL, where he remained for four seasons.{{Cite web |title=1994 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1994/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/kan/1994_draft.htm 1994 Kansas City Chiefs Draftees – Pro-Football-Reference.com] He also was listed for two years on the roster of the Indianapolis Colts[https://web.archive.org/web/20141204225052/http://www.kffl.com/player/6783/nfl/news/lake-dawson KFFL – Lake Dawson, TO, Tennessee Titans] but ultimately retired due to injury.[https://assets.espn.go.com/nfl/preview99/ind.html ESPN.com – NFL – Indy really gets defensive][http://www.docstoc.com/docs/1903714/2008-Titans-Media-Guide-Administration 2008 Titans Media Guide Administration]