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Link A former Houston Texans wide receiver is missing after he went overboard from a pleasure boat on a lake in Collin County. JaJuan Dawson, 37, was reported missing by wife about 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Lake Lavon north of Dallas, said Lt. Chris Havey, a spokesman for the Collin County Sheriff's Office. Havey said Dawson was on board a boat with his wife when he either jumped or fell into the water. He never resurfaced after going overboard. Three children were on the boat with the couple. It was not known if the children were related to the couple. Havey said divers as well searchers in boats combed the lake until about 11 p.m. Sunday but found no trace of Dawson. The search resumed about 7:20 a.m. Monday. So far Dawson has not been seen. Dawson was born in Houston, and attended college at Tulane where he played wide receiver for the Green Waves football team. In 2000, he was drafted in the 3rd round (79th overall) of the NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns. He played in only 16 games for the Browns over the next two seasons, scoring twice on only 31 receptions, before moving on to the Texans in 2002. With Houston, Dawson started 14 games and had 21 receptions, but never found the endzone. He briefly joined the Indianapolis Colts in 2003, but never saw playing time. According to a LinkedIn profile, he has worked in sales for medical supply companies in Houston and Dallas since leaving the NFL. John Boyd contributed to this report.
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Back when I was like 12-13 years old I attended training camp when he was on the team ... he randomly picked me out and brought me onto the field to get autographs/pictures with the players ... such a cool thing for him to do
This is sad to hear ... hopefully it doesn't have a sad ending
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Hope that they can find him and have a happy ending too!
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Glad you had nice experience with him....you better get ready for sad ending. How anyone can get on a boat and go out into deep water not knowing how to swim is beyond me. This happens over and over again, why can't they put on a lifer perserver.....that is sad.
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I thought about him the other day.
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Wow, I hope that he managed to swim somewhere safe.
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YTBrownsFan, JFYI, Washington quote is at least questionable....check this out...This is a misquotation of a saying attributed to Washington by James K. Paulding in a children’s biography of Washington: “It is impossible to govern the universe without the aid of a Supreme Being”. Paulding insisted in his preface that he got his material from people who had known Washington, and maybe he did, but as he chose not to give his sources, it remains an unverified claim. In any case this rewritten version is manifestly fake. Go Browns!!!
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I'll change it to a better one then. (From a Thanksgiving proclamation)
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I heard about this the other day from a few of his friends who played with him on the Browns. Please keep him, his, family, and friends in your prayers. Any time they are sending out divers to look for people in the water, they are not looking for somebody still alive
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They found a body believed to be his. link
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They found a body believed to be his. link It's a shame. Someone above said something about jumping in the water when one can't swim. The article said Dawson was described as being a strong swimmer. Where did the "can't swim" come from?
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Wow, what a shame, and with the family on-board at the time.
What I don't get is he jumped off and never resurfaced? And then no one jumped in after him?
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Oh man, my prayers and condolences to the family.
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They found a body believed to be his. link It's a shame. Someone above said something about jumping in the water when one can't swim. The article said Dawson was described as being a strong swimmer. Where did the "can't swim" come from? The first article I read said he could not swim, but his one says he was a strong swimmer, perhaps he got caught on debris on the bottom, though that seems kind of odd. It is amazing to me how many people drown in this area that can NOT swim... when I was growing up it in Ohio was considered a given you could swim and drownings were very rare. Guess just more folks in and on the water nowadays. Very, very sad
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Wow, what a shame, and with the family on-board at the time.
What I don't get is he jumped off and never resurfaced? And then no one jumped in after him? I guess wife and kids could not swim... imagine that feeling of helplessness when he did not re-surface...living with that nightmare / regret will be hard for years to come.
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It's sad.. So very sad for his family....
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How terrible! Such a nice guy.
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JuJu was one of the favorites on this board back in the day. I think one of Diam's favorites.
Now not to be crude but do we expect the wife to have something to do with this as in the opposite case almost always the Husband ends up the mix of thing?
No blood seen by the witness so maybe he hit his head when he fell in?
Shame things like this happen. Hope some way he's okay but doubt it.
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Well it looks like it's official..... Former Cleveland Brown JaJuan Dawson Found Dead TEXAS - Former Cleveland Brown WR JaJuan Dawson was found dead Monday evening in Lavon Lake, which is Northwest of Dallas, Texas. The 37 year old Dawson was renting a boat on the lake along with three children and two other adults Sunday when he fell overboard. After a call to 911 authorities searched for Dawson until nearly midnight when they retired and resumed the next morning. Dawson was not wearing a life preserver and his family was unsure whether or not he knew how to swim. Monday evening, using sonar, his body was found. Authorities say that alcohol was not believed to be involved. Dawson was a third round pick by the Browns in 2000 out of Tulane University. He played for two seasons before returning to his hometown of Houston to play for the Texans in 2002. He finished his career with 52 catches, 664 yards and two touchdowns. http://www.dawgsbynature.com/2015/7/14/8963529/former-cleveland-brown-jajuan-dawson-found-dead
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rip JuJu ... a favorite of fans around here in the beginning
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I don't remember him as I didn't start watching much until 2002ish (as I'm only 26) but none the less, it's really tragic, and really sad. I feel for his family. R.I.P.
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