Dawson Gurley, also known as Big Daws, is an

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, known for the channel Big Daws TV (stylized BigDawsTv) consisting of pranks, with a second channel called BigDawsVlogs consisting of vlogs and extra footage from his main channel.

Early life

Gurley was born on May 19, 1993, in

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and graduated from

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. He then received an associate degree from

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. Gurley started making videos when he was 11 years old, inspired by Jackass movie after receiving a camera as gift for Christmas from his parents. Gurley started his YouTube career in 2012, filming videos on the campus of

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. Some of his videos started going viral in 2014. Through the

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' championship runs of the late 2010s-early 2020s, he became prominent among the team's fanbase for bearing a striking resemblance to star player

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. Gurley reportedly tried to use that to his advantage by gaining access to the

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court prior to Game 5 of the

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, which led to the team permanently banning him from the arena.

References

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