Daniels in 2014
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No. 17 Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||||||
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||||||||
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Date of birth: | October 24, 1989 | ||||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Tallahassee, Florida | ||||||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 217 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school: | Tallahassee (FL) Lincoln | ||||||||||||||
College: | South Florida | ||||||||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2013 / Round: 7 / Pick: 237 | ||||||||||||||
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||||||
Roster status: | Practice squad | ||||||||||||||
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Comp. / Att.: | 1 / 2 |
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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 wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He 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. He won Super Bowl XLVIII with the Seahawks over the Denver Broncos.
Born and raised in Tallahassee, Florida, Daniels graduated from Lincoln High School in Tallahassee, where he once threw 6 touchdowns and 723 yards in a game vs Demply Prep. Daniels finished the 2009 season with 1983 yards passing, 772 yards rushing, and 23 total touchdowns. 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.
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Daniels was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the seventh round with the 237th overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft.