B. J. Daniels (American football)

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B. J. Daniels
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Daniels in 2014
No. 2 Houston Texans
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1989-10-24) October 24, 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth: Tallahassee, Florida
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Career information
High school: Tallahassee (FL) Lincoln
College: South Florida
NFL draft: 2013 / Round: 7 / Pick: 237
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 16, 2015
Comp. / Att.: 1 / 2
Passing yards: 7
TD–INT: 0–0
Receptions: 2
Receiving yards: 18
Receiving TDs: 0
Player stats at NFL.com

Bruce Edward Daniels, Jr. (born October 24, 1989) is an American football quarterback for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). Daniels was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the seventh round of the 2013 NFL Draft after playing college football at South Florida. He played quarterback for South Florida, and the Seattle Seahawks, before moving to wide receiver in 2015. However, once he was released by Seattle and signed by Houston, he resumed his initial quarterback position.

College career

Born and raised in Tallahassee, Florida, Daniels graduated from Lincoln High School in Tallahassee, where he once threw 8 touchdowns and 723 yards in a game vs Demply Prep.[1] Daniels finished the 2009 season with 1983 yards passing, 772 yards rushing, and 23 total touchdowns.[2] In 2010 Daniels had a slump in performance, passing for only 1,684 yards. He had a huge drop in rushing yards with only 259 on 112 attempts, averaging 2.3 yards a carry. He managed 16 total TDs, both career lows.[3] Daniels responded in his junior year with 3,205 total yards. Daniels was on his way to becoming the all time yardage leader in Big East history when his senior season was cut short due to injury. Daniels ended his college career with 8,433 yards passing for 52 TD's, and 2,068 yards rushing for another 25 scores. Daniels achieved 10,501 total yards and 77 total touchdowns at USF, and finished his career second on the all time Big East yardage leaders. Daniels finished his college career high on all of USF's rushing and passing leaderboards. Daniels is also a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.

Professional career

San Francisco 49ers

Daniels was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the seventh round, 237th overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.[4] However he never signed a contractual agreement with the team thus never truly becoming a 49er.

Seattle Seahawks

Daniels was claimed off waivers on October 2, 2013 by the Seattle Seahawks.[5] Daniels was waived by the Seahawks on November 16, 2013.[6] Daniels cleared waivers and the Seahawks signed him to the practice squad on November 18, 2013.[7] On June 2, 2015, Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell announced that Daniels would be making the switch to wide receiver for the 2015 season.[8] Daniels was waived by the Seahawks on October 13, 2015. The team re-signed him two days later.[9] On October 27, 2015, the Seahawks waived Daniels, but he re-signed with the team's practice squad soon after.[10][11] On November 24, 2015, he was promoted to the active roster.[12] On December 15, 2015, Daniels was waived.[13]

Houston Texans

On December 21, 2015, Daniels was signed off the Seattle Seahawks' practice squad by the Houston Texans.[14] On December 27, 2015, Daniels made his team debut against the Tennessee Titans, passing 1-2 for 7 yards and rushing for 6 yards.[15]

References

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  2. ↑ South Florida Bulls 2012 Statistics - Team and Player Stats - College Football - ESPN
  3. ↑ B.J. Daniels Stats - South Florida Bulls - ESPN
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