Owen Daniels

Owen Daniels
No. 81     Houston Texans
Tight end
Personal information
Date of birth: November 9, 1982 (1982-11-09) (age 29)
Place of birth: Berwyn, Illinois
High School: Naperville Central High School
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Weight: 247 lb (112 kg)
Career information
College: Wisconsin
NFL Draft: 2006 / Round: 4 / Pick: 98
Debuted in 2006 for the Houston Texans
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
  • Pro Bowl selection (2008)
  • (2006) NFL All-Rookie Team as selected by PFW and PFWA
  • (2002) Academic All-Big Ten Team
Career NFL statistics as of Week 15, 2011
Receptions     299
Receiving Yards     3,649
Touchdowns     20
Stats at NFL.com

Owen Daniels (born November 9, 1982 in Berwyn, Illinois) is an American football tight end and emergency backup quarterback for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He was named as the tight end on the 2006 NFL All-Rookie Team as selected by Pro Football Weekly and the Pro Football Writers of America.

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High school years

Daniels attended Naperville Central High School in Naperville, Illinois. As starting quarterback, Daniels led Naperville Central to win an undefeated IHSA Class 6A State Championship in 1999.[1]

College career

Daniels graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a B.S. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and where he played football under coach Barry Alvarez. At Wisconsin, he red-shirted his freshman year at the QB position.[2] Early in his active career at UW, Daniels was a back-up quarterback and played special teams, flanker, split end, and wingback. He eventually assumed the starting job at tight end for most of his final two seasons with the Badgers. During his career at Wisconsin, Daniels played in 43 games with 62 receptions for 852 yards (13.7 avg.) He was drafted with the 98th pick (overall) and as the first pick of the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft.[3] He earned the nickname "The Weatherman" as he majored in meteorology and appeared on the Madison area news delivering the local forecast. As a Professional, the moniker, "O.D." seems to have stuck amongst Texans fans, Houston media, and users of NFL-related message boards.

NFL

Daniels finished his rookie (2006) season with 34 receptions for 352 yards with 5 touchdowns.[3]

Owen Daniels completed the 2007 NFL season starting all 16 games with 63 receptions for 768 yards and 3 touchdowns.[3]

On November 2, 2008 Daniels had his "best game of his career", according to the Houston Chronicle, against the Minnesota Vikings with 11 receptions for 133 yards.[4] On December 7, 2008 he and quarterback Matt Schaub combined for a 27-yard completion during a game winning drive to defeat the Green Bay Packers.[5] He completed the 2008 season with 70 receptions for 862 yards with a trip to the 2009 Pro Bowl.[6] He and teammate Andre Johnson were the most prolific tight end-wide receiver combination in the NFL with 185 catches for 2,437 yards.

On November 1, 2009 in a game against the Buffalo Bills, Daniels injured his knee (torn ACL) and was placed on injured reserve, ending his season.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ Sakamoto, Bob (1999-11-28). "It's All Naperville C., Clifford". Chicago Tribune. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1999-11-28/sports/9911280358_1_clifford-redhawks-title-game-record. Retrieved 2010-07-07. 
  2. ^ Hanley, Reid (2005-09-09). "Wisconsin tight end catching on". Chicago Tribune. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2005-09-09/sports/0509090231_1_tight-brian-calhoun-wisconsin. Retrieved 2010-07-07. 
  3. ^ a b c "Owen Daniels". Pro Football Reference. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/DaniOw00.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-07. 
  4. ^ McClain, John (2008-11-02). "Texans' win streak ends in 28–21 loss to Vikings". Houston Chronicle. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/fb/texansfront/6091404.html. Retrieved 2010-07-07. 
  5. ^ "Texans Beat Packers On Game-Winning Field Goal By Brown". The Sports Network. 2008-12-07. http://www.tsn.ca/nfl/story/?id=258874&lid=sublink01&lpos=headlines_nfl. Retrieved 2010-07-07. 
  6. ^ McClain, John (2009-01-28). "Texans' Daniels headed to Pro Bowl". Houston Chronicle. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/fb/texansfront/6235661.html. Retrieved 2010-07-07. 
  7. ^ "Texans' Daniels injures right knee". ESPN. 2009-11-01. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4613993. Retrieved 2010-07-07. 
  8. ^ Rakowski, John (2009-11-06). "Snap, Crackle and Pop". CNN Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/fantasy/11/06/snap.crackle.pop/index.html. Retrieved 2010-07-07. 
Draft Years: 2002  • 2003  • 2004  • 2005  • 2006  • 2007  • 2008  • 2009  • 2010  • 2011