Danny Kanell
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Born: | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. | November 21, 1973||||||||||||
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High school: | Westminster (Fort Lauderdale) | ||||||||||||
College: | Florida State | ||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1996 / Round: 4 / Pick: 130 | ||||||||||||
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Daniel Kanell (born November 21, 1973) is an American
He was formerly employed by
He would also appear on ESPN's new College Football Playoff Selection Show alongside Rece Davis, Joey Galloway, and Kirk Herbstreit. His career with ESPN ended on April 26, 2017.
College career
He attended Florida State University, where he played quarterback for four years. In 1992, as a freshman, Kanell won the job of backing up starter Charlie Ward, the team's first freshman backup since Chip Ferguson in 1985.[1] After doing well in occasional backup play, he won the job again as a sophomore in 1993, despite increased competition.[2] The team later moved to alternating between Kanell and fellow sophomore Jon Stark as backups, though Kanell was given the start when Florida State held out Ward against Maryland due to bruised ribs and Kanell responded by completing 28 of 38 passes for 341 yards, five touchdowns, and no interceptions.[3] Overall that year, he threw for 499 yards with 7 TD vs. 0 INT while backing up Ward, who won the Heisman Trophy, Davey O'Brien, Maxwell, and Walter Camp Awards that year.
In his junior year, he threw for 2,781 yards with 17 TD vs 13 INT on 380 pass attempts. He was a part of the famous
In his senior year (1995), he threw for 2,957 yards with 32 TD vs 13 INT on 402 pass attempts. He led the team to a 10–2 record, including a win over Notre Dame in the 1996 Orange Bowl. He was given an "honorable mention" in the All-American list of his senior year. He was also the starting quarterback for Florida State's first loss to an ACC opponent, as the Virginia Cavaliers defeated Florida State 33-28 on November 2, 1995. While throwing for more than 450 yards during the game, Kanell also threw 3 interceptions and completed less than 50% of his passes. One of those interceptions was thrown at the Virginia 2 yard line late in the first half.
During his career at the university he played in 35 games and completed 62.2% of his 851 pass attempts. He threw for 6,372 yards, 57 touchdowns (at the time a school record) and 26 interceptions over his four years as a Seminole.[4] He also ran for one touchdown and managed to catch one pass for a loss of three yards. In September 2012 Kanell was inducted into the Florida State Athletic Hall of Fame.
Kanell also played
Professional career
Kanell was
In the off season Kanell found a home with the Atlanta Falcons as a backup to their often injured starting quarterback Chris Chandler. He played in Atlanta for two years, starting two games and playing in eight. As a Falcon he completed 99 of 200 attempted passes for a total of 1,117 yards, six touchdowns and nine interceptions. At the end of the 2000 season he was cut by the Falcons and did not sign with another team.
A year later, Kanell signed with the
NFL career statistics
Year | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | Sacked | |||||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | Lng | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Y/A | Lng | TD | Sck | Yds | ||
1996 | NYG | 4 | 0 | — | 23 | 60 | 38.3 | 222 | 3.8 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 48.4 | 7 | 6 | 0.9 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 48 |
1997 | NYG | 16 | 10 | 7–2–1 | 156 | 294 | 53.1 | 1,740 | 5.9 | 68 | 11 | 9 | 70.7 | 15 | 2 | 0.1 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 171 |
1998 | NYG | 10 | 10 | 3–7 | 160 | 299 | 53.5 | 1,603 | 5.4 | 46 | 11 | 10 | 67.3 | 15 | 36 | 2.4 | 10 | 0 | 22 | 172 |
1999 | ATL | 3 | 1 | 0–1 | 42 | 84 | 50.0 | 593 | 7.1 | 52 | 4 | 4 | 69.2 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 5 | 37 |
2000 | ATL | 5 | 1 | 0–1 | 57 | 116 | 49.1 | 524 | 4.5 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 49.6 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 60 |
2003 | DEN | 5 | 2 | 0–2 | 53 | 103 | 51.5 | 442 | 4.3 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 49.1 | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
Career | 43 | 24 | 10–13–1 | 491 | 956 | 51.4 | 5,129 | 5.4 | 68 | 31 | 34 | 63.2 | 44 | 49 | 1.1 | 13 | 0 | 63 | 512 |
Baseball career
Kanell was drafted out of high school by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 19th round, and after his junior year at Florida State by the New York Yankees in the 25th round. However, he saw football as more important and signed with the New York Giants when he was drafted in 1996.
During a layoff from football in 2001, Kanell returned to baseball, playing in the
Broadcasting career
Kanell was employed at
See also
- History of the New York Giants (1994-present)
References
- ^ Fsu Picks Kanell To Back Up Ward
- ^ Kanell Faces Uncertainty As Backup
- ^ Ward's backup gets lofty passing grade, too December 31, 1993|By Don Markus
- ^ "Danny Kanell College Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on October 28, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
- ^ "1996 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
- ^ Joe Drape and Brooks Barnes (April 26, 2017). "A Struggling ESPN Lays Off Many On-Air Personalities". The New York Times. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
- ^ "Danny Kanell to join FS1 as college football analyst and host radio show on SiriusXM". August 28, 2017.