Craig Dahl

Craig Dahl

No. 43     St. Louis Rams
Safety
Personal information
Date of birth: June 17, 1985 (1985-06-17) (age 26)
Place of birth: Mankato, Minnesota
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Weight: 211 lb (96 kg)
Career information
College: North Dakota State
Undrafted in 2007
Debuted in 2007 for the New York Giants
Career history
New York Giants (2007–2008) St. Louis Rams (2009–present)
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
2× First-team All-GWFC (2004, 2006) 1× Second-team All-GWFC (2005) Super Bowl champion (XLII)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2009
Tackles	88
Interceptions	0
Pass deflections	2
Stats at NFL.com

Craig Dahl (born June 7, 1985 in Mankato, Minnesota) is an American football safety for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League. He was signed by the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at North Dakota State.

Dahl earned a Super Bowl ring with the Giants in Super Bowl XLII.

Early years

Dahl was a First-team All-state, All-conference and All-city for Mankato East High School. He ran for 3,398 yards and passed for 1,769 yards as a quarterback over his final two years and scored 57 touchdowns. He quarterbacked the team to a runner up finish at the state tournament his junior year. He slso competed in basketball and track & field (as a High jumper and long jumper). He holds many football records for the high school as well as many track records. (see below)

He Holds the following records in track at Mankato East High School. 38.84 in 300 Hurdles Long Jump Triple Jump

As a sophomore he finished 10th at the state meet in Long Jump

As a Junior he hurdled/jumped at the state meet finishing with the following times and places. 4th in the 110 hurdles running 14.85 3rd in Long Jump with a jump of 22-07.25

As a senior he hurdled/jumped at the state meet finishing with the following times and places. 5th in the 110 hurdles running 15.02 3rd in the 300 Hurdles running 38.84 3rd in the Long Jump jumping 22-3 1/4 4th in the Triple Jump jumping 44-2 1/4

College career

Dahl played in 43 games for the Bison and posted 238 tackles (134 solo), 8 passes defensed, 7 interceptions and two sacks. In 2006 As a senior, recorded 61 tackles (32 solo), 2 interceptions and a sack and was First-team All-GWFC. In 2005 he was Second-team All-Great West and had 71 tackles, an interception forced a fumble and blocked a kick. He started in all 11 games at strong safety and led NDSU with 49 solo tackles including one tackle for loss and second overall with 71 total tackles and two pass breakups, one interception, a fumble recovery and one forced fumble. In 2004, as a sophomore, he started all 11 games and was named First-team All-Great West Football Conference. In 2003 he played in 10 games and had 24 tackles, and an interception and blocked a kick .

Professional career

New York Giants

Pre-draft

Pre-draft measureables
Height	Weight	40-yard dash	10-yard split	20-yard split	20 ss	3-cone	Vert	Broad	BP	Wonderlic
6-1½*	216*	4.53 **	1.53 **	2.61 **	4.10 *	6.69 **	35" *	10'02" *	17 *	22*
* represents NFL Combine **represents North Dakota State Pro Day

Dahl signed with the Giants after playing college football at North Dakota State University. On September 2, 2007, he was placed on the 53-man roster. Through week 12 of the 2007 season, Dahl had three tackles. One tackle was against his home-state Vikings. On December 8, 2007, Craig made his first NFL start of his career against the Eagles. He had five tackles in the game. He tore his anterior cruciate ligament in a game against the New England Patriots, and did not play again.

Dahl was waived by the Giants in February 2008 after failing a physical. He was re-signed on July 30, 2008, however, Dahl later again in the Giants' third preseason game tore his ACL. He was placed on injured reserve ending his season.

An exclusive-rights free agent after the 2008 season, Dahl was not tendered an offer and became an unrestricted free agent in the 2009 offseason.

St. Louis Rams

Dahl was signed by the St. Louis Rams on March 17, 2009. The move reunited him with Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo, who was the Giants' defensive coordinator during Dahl's time in New York. The Rams re-signed Dahl on March 7, 2010.

External links

• New York Giants bio
• North Dakota State Bison bio
• St. Louis Rams bio

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Name	Dahl, Craig
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Date of birth	June 17, 1985
Place of birth	Mankato, Minnesota
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