Owen Daniels

Owen Daniels[1] (born November 9, 1982) is an American meteorologist and former American football tight end. He played college football for the University of Wisconsin, and was drafted by the Houston Texans in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He is a two-time Pro Bowl selection. He also played for the Baltimore Ravens and Denver Broncos. As a member of the Broncos, he helped the team win Super Bowl 50 over the Carolina Panthers.

For the American television actor, see Owen Daniels (actor).

Owen Daniels
Daniels with the Broncos in 2015.
No. 81
Position:Tight end
Personal information
Born: (1982-11-09) November 9, 1982
Naperville, Illinois
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school:Naperville Central
College:Wisconsin
NFL Draft:2006 / Round: 4 / Pick: 98
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:479
Receiving yards:5,661
Receiving touchdowns:36
Player stats at NFL.com

High school career

Daniels attended Naperville Central High School in Naperville, Illinois. As a starting quarterback on the football team, Daniels led Naperville Central to an undefeated IHSA Class 6A State Championship in 1999.[2] He earned Prep Football Report and PrepStar All-American honors and was named a Top 100 prospect nationally by PFR. As a junior, he completed 100 of 168 passing attempts for 1,750 yards and 17 touchdowns, against just 1 interception. He completed 30 of 35 passes for 562 yards and 7 touchdowns in the opening two games of his senior year before a knee injury ended his season. He was also the starting center on his basketball team and a 22-foot (6.70m) long jumper on the track & field team.[3]

College career

Daniels attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison and played for the Wisconsin Badgers football team under coach Barry Alvarez. At Wisconsin, he red-shirted his freshman year at the quarterback position.[4] Early in his college career, he was a back-up quarterback and played special teams, flanker, split end, and wingback. He eventually assumed the starting job at tight end for most of his final two seasons with the Badgers. During his career at Wisconsin, Daniels played in 43 games with 62 receptions for 852 yards (13.7 average) earning him the moniker "Ole Sure Hands". He graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a bachelor of science degree in atmospheric and oceanic sciences.

Professional career

Houston Texans
Daniels with the Texans.

Daniels was drafted in the fourth round with the 98th overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft.[5] He earned the nickname "The Weatherman" as he majored in meteorology and appeared on the Madison area news delivering the local forecast. As a Professional, the moniker, "O.D." seems to have stuck amongst Texans fans, Houston media, and users of NFL-related message boards.

In 2006, Daniels finished his rookie season with 34 receptions for 352 yards with five touchdowns.[5]

Daniels completed the 2007 NFL season starting all 16 games with 63 receptions for 768 yards and three touchdowns.[5]

On November 2, 2008, Daniels had his "best game of his career", according to the Houston Chronicle, against the Minnesota Vikings with 11 receptions for 133 yards.[6] On December 7, 2008, he and quarterback Matt Schaub combined for a 27-yard completion during a game-winning drive to defeat the Green Bay Packers.[7] He completed the 2008 season with 70 receptions for 862 yards with a trip to the 2009 Pro Bowl.[8] He and teammate Andre Johnson were considered the most prolific tight end-wide receiver combination in the NFL with 185 catches for 2,437 yards.

On November 1, 2009 in a game against the Buffalo Bills, Daniels tore his ACL and was placed on season ending injured reserve.[9][10]

On March 3, 2011 Daniels signed a 4 year $22 Million contract extension with the Houston Texans.

On March 11, 2014, Daniels was released by the team.[11]

Baltimore Ravens

Daniels agreed on a one-year contract worth $1 million with the Baltimore Ravens and joined head coach John Harbaugh on April 3, 2014. Following a season-ending injury to starter Dennis Pitta, Daniels took over the starting role and amassed 48 receptions for 527 yards and four touchdowns.[12]

Denver Broncos

On March 10, 2015, Daniels signed a three-year, $12 million contract with the Denver Broncos and joined head coach Gary Kubiak.[13] Daniels played his entire NFL career under the tutelage of Kubiak (head coach in Houston and Denver, offensive coordinator in Baltimore) and tight ends coach Brian Pariani. Daniels started the season with only 85 receiving yards and was not a large factor until the game against the Green Bay Packers with three catches for 44 yards. Daniels then had 102 receiving yards and a touchdown in a 24-27 loss to Indianapolis Colts.[14] Daniels finished the 2015 season with 46 catches for 517 yards and three touchdowns. The Broncos had a 12-4 record and earned the #1 seed for the AFC playoffs. Denver defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first playoff game by a score of 23-16. Daniels had 2 catches for 10 yards. In the AFC Championship game against the defending champion New England Patriots, Daniels scored two touchdowns to help the Broncos defeat the Patriots by a score of 20-18 to advance to Super Bowl 50 where they beat the Carolina Panthers 24-10. In the victory over the Patriots, Daniels caught the last touchdown pass that quarterback Peyton Manning ever threw in the NFL. In Super Bowl 50, Daniels had one catch for 18 yards on the Broncos' opening drive in the 24-10 victory.[15] Daniels's catch helped the Broncos get in position to score a field goal for the first points of the game.

On March 8, 2016, the Broncos released Daniels after one season with the team.[16]

After his time with the Broncos, Daniels did not sign with another NFL team.

NFL career statistics
Year Team Games Receiving Fumbles
GPGSRecYdsAvgLngTDFumLost
2006HOU 14123435210.433T500
2007HOU 16166376812.229343
2008HOU 16167086212.335221
2009HOU 884051913.044510
2010HOU 11103847112.431200
2011HOU 15155467712.534300
2012HOU 15146271611.539T600
2013HOU 552425210.528300
2014BAL 15134852711.039400
2015DEN 16164651711.237300
Career1311254795,66111.8443674

Personal life

Owen has been married to his wife, Angela, since 2013. The couple met at the Blondes vs. Brunettes charity football game. The couple had their first date in Ibiza and it is also where Owen proposed to her. Together they had their first child in 2015, Henry.[17] He makes regular television appearances as an expert discussing the impacts of weather on American football.[18]

References
  1. "ESPN Profile". ESPN.com.
  2. Sakamoto, Bob (November 28, 1999). "It's All Naperville C., Clifford". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Hanley, Reid (September 9, 2005). "Wisconsin tight end catching on". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
  5. "Owen Daniels". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
  6. McClain, John (November 2, 2008). "Texans' win streak ends in 28–21 loss to Vikings". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
  7. "Texans Beat Packers On Game-Winning Field Goal By Brown". The Sports Network. December 7, 2008. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
  8. McClain, John (January 28, 2009). "Texans' Daniels headed to Pro Bowl". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
  9. "Texans' Daniels injures right knee". ESPN. November 1, 2009. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
  10. Rakowski, John (November 6, 2009). "Snap, Crackle and Pop". CNN Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
  11. Rosenthal, Gregg (March 11, 2014). "Owen Daniels released by Houston Texans". National Football League. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  12. Hanzus, Dan (April 3, 2014). "Owen Daniels agrees to deal with Baltimore Ravens". NFL.com. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  13. Swanson, Ben (March 10, 2015). "Broncos agree to terms with TE Owen Daniels". Denverbroncos.com.
  14. Georgatos, Dennis (August 19, 2015). "Owen Daniels and Gary Kubiak together again". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  15. "Super Bowl 50 - Denver Broncos vs. Carolina Panthers - February 7th, 2016". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  16. "Broncos release Louis Vasquez, Owen Daniels and Aaron Brewer". Denver Broncos. Archived from the original on August 25, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  17. http://www.playerwives.com/nfl/denver-broncos/owen-daniels-wife-angela-mecca-daniels/
  18. https://www.wgrz.com/article/weather/meteorologist-turned-super-bowl-champion-weighs-in-on-playing-in-the-elements-during-title-games/71-dd9bceb8-832a-42d3-bcfe-bf4663704e1b
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