Matt Daniels
| No. 30 San Diego Chargers | |||||||||
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| Position: | Safety | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | September 27, 1989 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Tucson, Arizona | ||||||||
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| High school: | Fayetteville (GA) Fayette Co. | ||||||||
| College: | Duke | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2012 | ||||||||
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| Roster status: | Injured reserve | ||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2014 | |||||||||
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Matthew (Matt) Daniels (born September 27, 1989) is an American football safety for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He played college football for Duke University.
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College career
Daniels played college football for the Duke University Blue Devils. In 2008, as a true freshman, he played in 10 games with one start and finished the year with 22 tackles, one INT and one fumble recovery. In 2009 the Sophomore safety was an Academic All-ACC selection and started all 12 games and finished third on the team and 18th in the ACC with 83 tackles and added 3.0 tackles for loss, 0.5 quarterback sacks, six pass breakups and three caused fumbles. In 2010, his junior season, Daniels was again an Academic All-ACC choice and started all 12 games and finished second on the team with 93 total tackles and added 6.0 tackles for loss, seven PBUs, three caused fumbles, two fumble recoveries and one INT. In his Senior Year, 2011, Daniels was a Second-team All-American and finished with 126 tackles. He graduated Duke as the school's all-time leader in several key defensive categories such as tackles, caused fumbles, and pass breakups.
Professional career
Pre-draft
| Ht | Wt | 40-yd dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | ||||||||||
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| 5 ft 11¾ in | 212 lb | 4.48 s | 1.50 s | 2.55 s | 4.31 s | 6.90 s | 35½ in | 10 ft 4 in | 15 reps | ||||||||||
| All values from NFL combine[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
St. Louis Rams
In 2012, He was signed by the Rams as an undrafted free agent. He was released on August 26, 2014. He was signed to the Rams practice squad on September 1, 2014. He was released on September 3, 2014 to make room for Brad Smelley.
Jacksonville Jaguars
Daniels was signed to the Jaguars practice squad on October 27, 2014.[2] He was promoted to the active roster on December 17. He was waived with an injury settlement on September 1, 2015.[3]
San Diego Chargers
On November 4, 2015, the San Diego Chargers signed Daniels to the practice squad.[4] On December 28, 2015, the San Diego Chargers promoted Daniels to the 53-man roster.[5]
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External links
- San Diego Chargers currentteam parameter articles
- NFL player using deprecated currentteam parameter
- NFL player with pastcoaching parameter
- NFL player with pastexecutive parameter
- Infobox NFL player with debut/final parameters
- 1989 births
- Living people
- People from Fayetteville, Georgia
- Players of American football from Georgia (U.S. state)
- American football safeties
- Duke Blue Devils football players
- Undrafted National Football League players
- St. Louis Rams players
- Jacksonville Jaguars players
- San Diego Chargers players
