B. J. Daniels (American football)

Bruce Edward Daniels, Jr. (born October 24, 1989) is a professional American football quarterback who is a free agent. 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. He is now the head coach at Lincoln High School[1].

B. J. Daniels
Daniels in 2014
Personal information
Born: (1989-10-24) October 24, 1989
Tallahassee, Florida
Height:5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:224 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school:Lincoln (Tallahassee, Florida)
College:South Florida
NFL Draft:2013 / Round: 7 / Pick: 237
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Comp. / Att.:1 / 2
Passing yards:7
TD–INT:0–0
Receptions:2
Receiving yards:18
Receiving touchdowns:0
Player stats at NFL.com

College career

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.[2] Daniels finished the 2009 season with 1983 yards passing, 772 yards rushing, and 23 total touchdowns.[3][4] 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.

Statistics
YearTeamPassingRushing
CmpAttPctYdsY/ATDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTD
2008South Florida4580.08617.200224.5320.70
2009South Florida12222753.71,9838.7149139.51757724.49
2010South Florida14324558.41,6856.91113120.31122592.35
2011South Florida21536558.92,6047.1137126.71326014.66
2012South Florida16529056.92,0757.21410126.01044344.25
Career6491,13257.38,4337.45239128.25262,0683.925

Source:[5]

Professional career
Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
5 ft 11 in
(1.80 m)		 222 lb
(101 kg)		 4.63 s 1.57 s 2.70 s 4.27 s 7.02 s 32 1⁄2 in
(0.83 m)		 9 ft 6 in
(2.90 m)		 20 reps
All values from South Florida Pro Day[6]

San Francisco 49ers

Daniels was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the seventh round with the 237th overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft.[7]

Seattle Seahawks

Daniels was claimed off waivers on October 2, 2013 by the Seattle Seahawks.[8] Daniels was waived by the Seahawks on November 16, 2013.[9] Daniels cleared waivers and the Seahawks signed him to the practice squad on November 18, 2013.[10] On June 2, 2015, Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell announced that Daniels would be making the switch to wide receiver for the 2015 season.[11] Daniels was waived by the Seahawks on October 13, 2015. The team re-signed him two days later.[12] On October 27, 2015, the Seahawks waived Daniels, but he re-signed with the team's practice squad soon after.[13][14] On November 24, 2015, he was promoted to the active roster.[15] On December 15, 2015, Daniels was waived.[16]

Houston Texans

On December 21, 2015, Daniels was signed off the Seattle Seahawks' practice squad by the Houston Texans.[17] On December 27, 2015, Daniels made his Texans debut against the Tennessee Titans, passing 1–2 for 7 yards and rushing for 6 yards.[18]

New York Giants

On May 9, 2016, Daniels signed a contract with the New York Giants.[19] On June 17, 2016, he was released by the Giants.[20]

Chicago Bears

On July 27, 2016, Daniels signed a contract with the Chicago Bears.[21] On September 3, 2016, he was released by the Bears as part of final roster cuts.[22]

Atlanta Falcons

On December 19, 2016, Daniels was signed to the Atlanta Falcons' practice squad.[23] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Falcons on February 7, 2017.[24] In June 2017, it was reported that Daniels had converted to running back.[25] He was released by the team on August 15, 2017.[26]

Saskatchewan Roughriders

On May 17, 2018, Daniels signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League.[27] He was cut June 9, 2018.

Salt Lake Stallions

In 2018, Daniels was assigned to the Orlando Apollos of the Alliance of American Football.[28] On November 27, he was drafted by the Salt Lake Stallions in the second round of the 2019 AAF QB Draft.[29] He did not make the team's final 52-man roster,[30] but was instead placed on injured reserve. The league ceased operations in April 2019.[31]

Seattle Dragons

In 2019, Daniels was a member of the 2020 XFL Draft class, and was selected by the Seattle Dragons during the open phase.[32] He made his XFL debut in place of an injured Brandon Silvers and threw one incomplete pass. On February, 29th, 2020, Daniels came in for relief after Brandon Silvers was unable to be successful in the first half and helped his team score their first touchdown of the game, on a run by Kenneth Farrow, and then scored his first points as an XFL player, on a 1-Pt conversion.

Statistics
YearTeamGPGSPassingRushingReceivingPunt returns
CmpAttPctYdsY/ATDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTDRecYdsAvgLngTDRetYdsAvgLngTD
2015SEA60000.000.0000.0000.002189.0120177.070
2015HOU201250.073.50058.3661.00000.0004184.5110
Career801250.073.50058.3661.002189.01205255.0110

Source:[33]

References
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  3. South Florida Bulls 2012 Statistics – Team and Player Stats – College Football – ESPN
  4. B.J. Daniels Stats – South Florida Bulls – ESPN
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  10. Condotta, Bob (November 18, 2013). "Seahawks re-sign QB Daniels to practice squad". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
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  12. Boyle, John (October 15, 2015). "Seahawks re-sign WR B.J. Daniels, add LB Tyrell Adams to practice squad". Seattle Seahawks. Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  13. Phearis, Tybe (October 27, 2015). "Seahawks sign RB Bryce Brown, waive WR B.J. Daniels". Seattle Seahawks. Archived from the original on October 29, 2015. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
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  15. Boyle, John (November 24, 2015). "Seahawks Re-Sign RB Bryce Brown and Promote WR B.J. Daniels from Practice Squad; Waive DT A.J. Francis and Place LB Nick Moody on IR". Seahawks.com. Archived from the original on November 28, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
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  21. Bell, Allan (July 27, 2016). "Chicago Bears sign CB Brandon Boykin and WR BJ Daniels". 247Sports. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  22. Mayer, Larry (September 3, 2016). "Bears trim 22 to reach 53-man limit". ChicagoBears.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2017.
  23. Jackson, Curtis (December 19, 2016). "Falcons Sign Daniels to Practice Squad, Waive McKissic". AtlantaFalcons.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  24. Choate, Dave (February 8, 2017). "Falcons sign several players to future contracts for 2017". TheFalcoholic.com.
  25. Ledbetter, D., Orlando (June 15, 2017). "Well-traveled Daniels makes move to running back". myajc.com. Archived from the original on August 9, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  28. Parry, Roy (November 28, 2018). "Orlando Apollos move forward with their quarterbacks in place". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  29. Wilson, Ryan (November 27, 2018). "Alliance of American Football QB Draft: Aaron Murray, Christian Hackenberg highlight QBs taken". CBSSports.com. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
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