Danny Southwick
Daniel Aaron Southwick (born September 28, 1981) is an American football quarterback who is currently a member of the Jersey Flight. He was signed by the Louisville Fire as a street free agent in 2008. He signed with the Oakland Raiders in May 2009 and was released before training camp of that same season. He has also been a member of the Dallas Vigilantes, Tampa Bay Storm, San Jose Sabercats, San Antonio Talons, Chicago Rush, Cleveland Gladiators, Portland Thunder/Steel, Spokane Shock, Los Angeles Kiss, Orlando Predators, Massachusetts Pirates and Philadelphia Soul.
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||
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| Born: | September 28, 1981 Provo, Utah | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Timpview (Provo, Utah) | ||||||||||
| College: | Occidental | ||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2008 | ||||||||||
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Early life
Danny was born to Dan Southwick and Shawn (Southwick) King in Provo, Utah. He attended Timpview High School in Provo, where he lettered in football.
College career
Southwick originally signed with Brigham Young University out of high school, when he elected to take a two-year Mormon mission. Upon returning from his mission, Southwick enrolled at Oregon State University.[1] Southwick then transferred to Dixie State College for a season.[2] From Dixie State, Southwick transferred to the University of Utah, where he walked-on and was listed as the backup quarterback going into fall camp with the Utes. Southwick then went back to Dixie State. He played his senior season of college football at Occidental.[3] Southwick's college statistics, excluding post-season play, include 271 completions out of 478 passes (57%) for 3,804 yards, and 29 touchdowns with 23 interceptions. As a starter in college, during the regular season, Southwick compiled a record of 13 wins and 5 losses.
Professional career
Southwick began his professional career signing with the Louisville Fire of the af2. After finishing the season with the Fire, the franchise folded as well as the Arena Football League.[4]
In 2009, Southwick signed with the Oakland Raiders,[5] but was released prior to the preseason.
On February 25, 2011, Southwick was assigned to the Dallas Vigilantes, but he was placed on reassignment just 3 days later on February 28.
On May 16, 2011, he signed with the Tampa Bay Storm. On July 16, 2011, Southwick made his first career arena football start for the Storm, where he was eventually replaced by Matt Grothe due to his ineffective play.[6]
In April 2014, he was named the starting quarterback for the Portland Thunder.[7]
On April 7, 2015, Southwick was assigned to the Spokane Shock.[8][9]
On May 13, 2015, Southwick was traded to the Los Angeles KISS for future considerations.
He was assigned to the Portland Thunder on February 1, 2016.[10] The Thunder changed its name to the Portland Steel on February 24, 2016.[11] He was placed on reassignment by the Steel on April 25, 2016.[12]
On May 26, 2016, Southwick was assigned to the Los Angeles KISS. On June 25, 2016, he was placed on reassignment.
On July 6, 2016, he was assigned to the Orlando Predators.
On May 23, 2017, Southwick was assigned to the Cleveland Gladiators.
On April 19, 2018, he signed with the Massachusetts Pirates. He was released by the Pirates on April 25, 2018.[13]
On April 26, 2018, he was claimed by the Jacksonville Sharks. The same day, he was also placed on refuse to report.[13]
On May 23, 2018, he was assigned to the Philadelphia Soul. On June 5, 2018, he was placed on reassignment.[14]
On April 17, 2019, Southwick was assigned to the Columbus Destroyers. He was placed on recallable reassignment on April 19, 2019.
On December 11, 2019, Southwick signed with the Jersey Flight. The 2020 National Arena League season was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
On August 24th, 2020 Southwick re-signed with the Flight for the 2021 season.
AFL statistics
| Year | Team | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||
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| Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | TD | ||
| 2011 | Tampa Bay | 18 | 35 | 51.4 | 190 | 3 | 4 | 49.40 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 2012 | San Jose | 10 | 14 | 71.4 | 139 | 1 | 0 | 120.83 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 2013 | Chicago | 36 | 58 | 62.1 | 373 | 5 | 1 | 94.97 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 2013 | Cleveland | 7 | 14 | 50.0 | 119 | 3 | 0 | 118.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Portland | 166 | 265 | 62.6 | 2,086 | 39 | 17 | 97.15 | 15 | 49 | 2 |
| 2015 | Spokane | 21 | 32 | 65.6 | 291 | 6 | 3 | 95.18 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Los Angeles | 191 | 338 | 56.5 | 2,341 | 43 | 10 | 97.51 | 24 | 10 | 0 |
| 2016 | Portland | 74 | 125 | 59.2 | 742 | 13 | 5 | 85.48 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| 2016 | Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 104.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | Cleveland | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 83.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 525 | 883 | 59.5 | 6,294 | 113 | 40 | 94.45 | 47 | 88 | 3 | |
Stats from ArenaFan:[15]
Personal
Southwick was the stepson of talk show host Larry King.
References
- Dick Harmon (December 23, 2002). "Southwick won't sign with BYU". www. heraldextra.com. Daily Herald. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
- Martin Renzhofer (October 7, 2004). "Diamond in the Desert: Dixie State Football". www.sltrib.com. The Salt Lake Tribune. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
- Neil K. Warner (May 25, 2009). "Southwick making most of another chance". www. heraldextra.com. Daily Herald. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
- Brandon Judd (May 7, 2014). "Well-traveled quarterback Danny Southwick has learned the power of persistence in his football career". www.desertnews.com. Desert News. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
- "Frye trying to catch on with Raiders". www.newsok.com. NewsOK.com. June 14, 2009. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
- Bryan Burns (July 16, 2011). "Tampa Bay Storm falls to Georgia Force 58-40 despite Matt Grothe's big day". www.tampabay.com. Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
- "Darron Thomas, Nathan Enderle out and Danny Southwick in as Portland Thunder starting quarterback". www.oregonlive.com. Oregon Live LLC. April 10, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
- "Shock Assigned Quarterback Danny Southwick". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. April 7, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
- Jim Meehan (April 8, 2015). "Shock notes: Hopes pinned on QB Danny Southwick". www.spokesman.com. The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- "Team Transactions". arenafan.com. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- "Portland AFL Organization Rebrands to Steel". Our Sports Central. February 24, 2016.
- "Steel Sign Former Oregon Quarterback Darron Thomas". arenafan.com. April 25, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
- "Transactions". nationalarenaleague.com. Archived from the original on May 2, 2018. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
- "Transactions". afldigital.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
- "Daniel 'Danny' Southwick". arenafan.com. Retrieved November 26, 2016.