Daniel Federkeil
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| Position: | 2006 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5 | ||||
| Undrafted: | 2006 | ||||
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| Roster status: | Retired | ||||
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Daniel Hubert Federkeil (born November 9, 1983) is a former professional
Federkeil retired from professional football in 2009 following a series of concussions, but returned to sign with the Stampeders in 2013 after his CFL rights were traded. He announced his retirement from professional football a second time in February 2018 [1]
University career
He played
In his fifth year, he totaled 31 tackles, 12 for losses, 4 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, 1 fumble recovery and 4 passes defended.
He was Canada West nominee for J.P. Metras trophy as CIS Lineman-of-the-Year and was unanimous conference All-Star and second-team All-Canadian choice. He was named University of Calgary Athlete-of-the-Year in 2006. He was one of two CIS players in East-West Shrine Game. In 2005, he was team nominee for Lineman-of-the-Year and was second-team CIS All-Canadian. He started seven games as a second year student and had 14 tackles, five for losses, four sacks, two FF and one blocked FG.
Professional career
Toronto Argonauts
Federkeil was selected 5th overall by the
Indianapolis Colts
Federkeil went undrafted in the
He played in the first 8 games of the 2007 NFL season as a member of the special teams unit. He suffered a concussion on December 5, 2007.
In the
During the
Federkeil retired at the end of the 2009 season, having played in 26 regular season games; starting in 3 regular season games and 1 playoff game.
Calgary Stampeders
On April 8, 2013, the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League acquired the rights to Federkeil after trading non-import linebacker Akwasi Antwi to the Toronto Argonauts who had drafted him in 2006.[2] He would go on to play in 59 games with the Stampeders in 5 years, culminating in four playoff games and three Grey Cup games before announcing his retirement from professional football a second time in February 2018.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Stamps' Federkeil retires after five seasons - CFL.ca". CFL.ca. February 8, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
- ^ https://www.cfl.ca/article/argos-acquire-non-import-lb-akwasi-antwi-from-stamps Archived September 23, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Rights acquired by the Stamps