Danny Kanell
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | November 21, 1973 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | ||||||||
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| High school: | Westminster | ||||||||
| College: | Florida State | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1996 / Round: 4 / Pick: 130 | ||||||||
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| TD–INT: | 31–34 |
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| Yards: | 5,129 |
| QB Rating: | 63.2 |
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Daniel Kanell (born November 21, 1973) is a former professional American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) and Arena Football League. He is currently employed by ESPN as an analyst and host on the Russillo and Kanell show on ESPN Radio. He was the host of ESPNU's late-night sports and humor show UNITE before the show was canceled in June 2013. He also appears on ESPN's new College Football Playoff Selection Show alongside Rece Davis, Joey Galloway, and Kirk Herbstreit.
He attended Florida State University, where he played quarterback for four years. In 1992, as a freshman, Kanell won the job of backing up starter Charlie Ward, the team's first freshman backup since Chip Ferguson in 1985. After doing well in occasional backup play, he won the job again as a sophomore in 1993, despite increased competition. The team later moved to alternating between Kanell and fellow sophomore Jon Stark as backups, though Kanell was given the start when Florida State held out Ward against Maryland due to bruised ribs and Kanell responded by completing 28 of 38 passes for 341 yards, five touchdowns, and no interceptions. Overall that year, he threw for 499 yards with 7 TD vs 0 INT while backing up Ward, who won the Heisman Trophy, Davey O'Brien, Maxwell, and Walter Camp Awards that year.
In his junior year, he threw for 2,781 yards with 17 TD vs 13 INT on 380 pass attempts. He was a part of the famous Choke at Doak game against Florida, where he led Florida State back from a 31-3 fourth quarter deficit to tie the game. He then beat Florida in the rematch at the Sugar Bowl dubbed the "Fifth Quarter in the French Quarter", finishing the year with a 10–1–1 record.
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