Lional Dalton
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| Position: | Defensive tackle |
Personal information | |
| Date of birth: | February 21, 1975 |
| Place of birth: | Detroit, Michigan |
| Career information | |
| College: | Eastern Michigan |
| Undrafted: | 1998 |
Career history | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NFL statistics | |
| Tackles: | 110 |
| Sacks: | 9.0 |
| Forced fumbles: | 3 |
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Lional Deshaun Dalton (born February 21, 1975 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League.
College career
Following a stellar prep career at Cooley High School, Dalton was a three-year letterman and two-year starter for Eastern Michigan University, where he twice earned All-Mid-American Conference honors and was selected co-Defensive MVP as a senior in 1997. He was also selected to play in the Hula Bowl All-Star Game. He posted 116 tackles, four sacks, and two forced fumbles in his college career.
Lional became a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity (Zeta Epsilon chapter).
Professional career
Not selected in the 1998 NFL Draft, Dalton was signed as a free agent by the Baltimore Ravens and played with them through the 2001 season. He earned a Super Bowl ring when Baltimore defeated the New York Giants, 34-7 in Super Bowl XXXV. He then played for the Denver Broncos (2002), the Washington Redskins (2003), the Kansas City Chiefs (2004–2006), and the Houston Texans (2006), having some success.