Casey Dunn (American football)

Casey Dunn (born October 11, 1994) is an American football center who is a free agent. He played college football at Auburn University. He signed with the Washington Redskins as an undrafted free agent in 2018.

Casey Dunn
Dunn in 2018
Free agent
Position:Center
Personal information
Born: (1994-10-11) October 11, 1994
Trussville, Alabama
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:307 lb (139 kg)
Career information
High school:Hewitt-Trussville
College:Auburn
Undrafted:2018
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics as of 2019
Games played:2
Games started:0
Player stats at NFL.com

College career

Dunn originally attended Jacksonville State University.[1] After playing for JSU for three years and completing his junior year, he transferred to Auburn University in May 2017.

Dunn graduated JSU with a degree in industrial leadership. Upon transferring to Auburn, he entered the Masters program in community planning.[2]

Professional career

Washington Redskins

Unselected in the 2018 NFL Draft, Dunn signed with the Washington Redskins after trying out at their rookie minicamp on May 2, 2018.[3] After making the Redskins initial 53-man roster, Dunn played in two games before being waived on November 9, 2018, and was placed on their practice squad a few days later.[4][5] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Redskins on December 31, 2018.[6]

On July 31, 2019, Dunn was waived/injured by the Redskins and placed on injured reserve the next day.[7] He was waived from injured reserve on September 24.[8]

New Orleans Saints

On December 25, 2019, Dunn was signed to the New Orleans Saints practice squad.[9] His practice squad contract with the team expired on January 13, 2020.[10]

Cleveland Browns

On August 16, 2020, Dunn signed with the Cleveland Browns.[11] He was waived with an injury designation on August 23, 2020,[12] and subsequently reverted to the team's injured reserve list the next day.[13] He was waived with an injury settlement on August 30, 2020.[14]

References
  1. Ostendorf, Greg (November 17, 2017). "Swan song: Grad transfers Casey Dunn, Wilson Bell find new home at Auburn". AuburnTigers.com. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
  2. Ferguson, Justin. "Casey Dunn's grad transfer to Auburn was about more than just football". SECCountry.com. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
  3. Winkler, Adam (May 14, 2018). "Redskins sign three players following rookie minicamp tryouts". WTKR.com. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
  4. "Redskins Sign Cassanova McKinzy To Active Roster, Waive Casey Dunn". Redskins.com. November 9, 2018.
  5. "Redskins Place Geron Christian Sr. On Injured Reserve". Redskins.com. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  6. "Redskins Sign Six Players To Reserve/Future Contracts". Redskins.com. December 31, 2018.
  7. Copeland, Kareem; Carpenter, Les. "Redskins sign offensive tackle Donald Penn, guard Hugh Thornton". Washington Post. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  8. "Redskins Waive C Casey Dunn, Release DT T.Y. McGill". Redskins.com. September 24, 2019. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  9. "Saints sign S DeShawn Shead, place WR Krishawn Hogan on injured reserve". NOLA.com. December 25, 2019.
  10. @HBalzer721 (January 14, 2020). "Practice-squad contracts expired yesterday: New England DE Eric Lee; New Orleans C Casey Dunn; Philadelphia RB De'Angelo Henderson, T Dieugot Joseph" (Tweet). Retrieved January 15, 2020 – via Twitter.
  11. "Browns sign C Casey Dunn". ClevelandBrowns.com. August 16, 2020.
  12. "Browns sign LB Malcolm Smith". ClevelandBrowns.com. August 23, 2020.
  13. "Browns' Casey Dunn: Reverts to IR". CBSSports.com. August 24, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  14. "Casey Dunn: Waived with injury settlement". CBSSports.com. August 30, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
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