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81 Owen Daniels - Biography
HEIGHT: 6-3
WEIGHT: 245
COLLEGE: Wisconsin
NFL EXP: 4th season
| Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | Team | G | GS | rec | yds | avg | lg | td |
| 2006 | HOU | 14 | 12 | 34 | 352 | 10.4 | 33 | 5 |
| 2007 | HOU | 16 | 16 | 63 | 768 | 12.2 | 29 | 3 |
| 2008 | HOU | 16 | 16 | 70 | 862 | 12.3 | 35 | 2 |
| 2009 | HOU | 8 | 0 | 40 | 519 | 13.0 | 44 | 5 |
| Totals | 54 | 44 | 207 | 2,501 | 12.1 | 44 | 15 | |
HONORS: 2009 NFL Pro Bowl...2006 Pro Football Weekly/PFWA NFL All-Rookie Team.
CAREER: Sure-handed pass catcher with a knack for finding the open field…has improved his blocking well enough to become an every-down tight end…is the Texans' career leader in receptions (167) and receiving yards (1,982) at tight end…ranks second in receptions and third in receiving yards in team history…needs 18 receiving yards to become the third player in team history to have more than 2,000 career receiving yards…ranks third in team history with 111 receiving first downs…has averaged 43.1 receiving yards per game, which is second in team history…is the only Texan to score a touchdown in the Pro Bowl.
2008 (Houston 16/16): Started in all 16 games and caught 70 passes for 862 yards…ranked second in the AFC among tight ends in receiving yards (862) and first downs (46), trailing only Kansas City TE Tony Gonzalez in both categories…ranked third among AFC tight ends in receptions (70) and receiving yards per game (53.9) and fourth in yards per reception (12.3)...teamed with WR Andre Johnson to form the most prolific receiver-tight end pairing in the NFL with a combined 185 receptions and 2,437 yards…caught two touchdown passes…scored on a nine-yard touchdown in the Pro Bowl, becoming the first Texan to score in the all-star game…had a career-high 11 receptions for 133 yards at Minnesota in Week 9…recorded three catches for 33 yards at Pittsburgh (9/7)…helped convert two first downs in the game…finished with four catches for 71 yards, both team highs, at Tennessee (9/21)…his 31-yard reception in the second quarter was the second-longest of his career…caught seven passes for 87 yards, including a career-long 34-yard catch in the fourth quarter, at Jacksonville (9/28)…helped convert three third-down attempts…caught five balls for 47 yards with a long of 20 yards vs. Indianapolis (10/5)…totaled four receptions for 70 yards vs. Miami (10/12)…recorded 66 yards on six receptions, including two touchdowns, vs. Detroit (10/19)…it was Daniels' second two-touchdown game of his career…caught three passes for 21 yards vs. Cincinnati (10/26)…caught 11 passes for 133 yards, both career-highs, at Minnesota (11/2)…caught one pass for 13 yards vs. Baltimore (11/9)…caught one pass for 14 yards at Indianapolis (11/16)…caught three passes for 28 yards at Cleveland (11/23)…caught two balls for 25 yards vs. Jacksonville (12/1), upping his receptions total to 50 for the second consecutive season…caught six passes for 65 yards at Green Bay (12/7)…caught four passes for 41 yards vs. Tennessee (12/14)…finished the game with seven catches for 111 yards at Oakland (12/21), his second 100-yard game of the season and the second of his career…grabbed a 35-yard pass in the first quarter that was the longest reception of his career…also established a career single-season high for receiving yardage on his second catch of the game…had entered the game needing 54 yards to top his previous high of 768 (2007) and gained 55 yards on his first two catches of the game…caught three passes for 37 yards vs. Chicago (12/28).
2007 (Houston 16/16): Started all 16 games and finished with 63 catches for 768 yards and three touchdowns…ranked sixth among NFL tight ends in both receptions and yardage…was second on the team with 63 catches and third with 768 receiving yards…caught at least one pass in every game…caught a season-high seven passes for 56 yards vs. Indianapolis (9/23)…caught six passes for a season-high 96 yards vs. Miami (10/7)…tied his season-high with seven receptions for 82 yards and scored his first touchdown of the season at Cleveland (11/25) on a six-yard pass from QB Matt Schaub in the fourth quarter…scored his second touchdown of the year vs. Tampa Bay (12/9), a four-yarder from QB Sage Rosenfels in the fourth quarter.
2006 (Houston 14/12): Started 12 games as a rookie…finished tops in NFL among rookie tight ends with 34 catches for 352 yards and five touchdowns…his five scores tied for the team lead and were the most ever by a Texans tight end…set a single-game rookie TE receiving record with 99 yards…started his first career game vs. Philadelphia (9/10)…registered four catches for 44 yards including his first career TD for 33 yards at Indianapolis (9/17)…caught one pass for a two-yard TD vs. Washington (9/24)…caught two passes, including a 14-yard TD pass vs. Jacksonville (10/22)…had a career-high 99 receiving yards with nine catches and two TDs at Tennessee (10/29)…had one catch for nine yards and a special teams tackle at New England (12/17)…inactive vs. Indianapolis (12/24) and Cleveland (12/31).
Began his Wisconsin career on special teams and at quarterback…moved to flanker and then tight end as a sophomore and also saw action at split end and as a wingback…played in 43 games during his career, 36 of them as a receiver…caught 62 passes for 852 yards (13.7 avg) and eight touchdowns…atmospheric & oceanic sciences major…earned Academic All-Big Ten Conference honors in 2002.
Selected by the Houston Texans in the fourth round (98th overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft…signed by Texans on July 12, 2006...re-signed by Texans as a restricted free agent on June 15, 2009...placed on the reserve/injured list on Nov. 4, 2009.
Resides in Houston…played basketball and ran track at Naperville (Ill.) Central High School for the Redhawks.
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