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Two days later, Dawson was re-signed by the Colts. Dawson played in eleven games with the Colts during the 2007–08 season and remained with the team during the 2008 off-season and training camp. The Colts waived him near the end of the 2008 training camp, but re-signed him the next day. However, he
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England Football Writers All-New England. He attained a total of 1,139 yards in the season. He rushed for at least 100 yards in seven of Harvard's ten games. He ended the season by scoring
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November 11, 2006 while playing Penn with a 55-yard run down the left sideline on his second carry of that game. In attaining this title, Dawson broke the long-standing record set by
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England, and finished ninth in the voting for the
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585:Shapiro, Madeleine I. (November 13, 2006).
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587:"Clifton Dawson, Ivy League Rushing King"
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189:Career highlights and awards
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628:"Clifton Dawson Career Notes"
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561:"# 33 Clifton Dawson"
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494:References
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339:Early life
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