Robertson Daniel
American football player (born 1991) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American football player (born 1991) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robertson DeShawn Daniel (born October 1, 1991) is an American professional football defensive back who is a free agent. He played college football at BYU. Daniel was signed by the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2015. He has also been a member of the Green Bay Packers, Washington Redskins, and Baltimore Ravens of the NFL and the Calgary Stampeders and Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
 Daniel with the Toronto Argonauts in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born: | October 1, 1991 St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||
| Career information | |||
| High school: | San Jose (CA) Branham | ||
| College: | Brigham Young | ||
| Position: | Defensive back | ||
| Undrafted: | 2015 | ||
| Career history | |||
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||
| CFL status: | American | ||
| Career highlights and awards | |||
| Career NFL statistics | |||
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| Player stats at PFR · CFL.ca | |||
Daniel attended Brigham Young University, where he played for coach Bronco Mendenhall's BYU Cougars football team in 2013 and 2014 after transferring from De Anza College.[1]
Source: BYUCougars.com
| Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
209 lb (95 kg) |
4.46 s | 1.64 s | 2.61 s | 4.21 s | 6.87 s | 35.5 in (0.90 m) | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) | 24 reps | |||
| All values are from Pro Day[2] | ||||||||||||
After going undrafted in the 2015 NFL draft, Daniel signed with the Oakland Raiders on May 8, 2015.[3] On September 1, 2015, he was waived by the Raiders.[4]
On September 7, 2015, Daniel was signed to the Green Bay Packers' practice squad.[5] He was promoted from the practice squad to the active roster on January 15, 2016.[6] However, Daniel was inactive for the Packers' divisional playoff game against the Arizona Cardinals the following day.[7]
He was released by the Packers during final team cuts on September 3, 2016.[8] On September 22, 2016, Daniel was signed to the Packers' practice squad.[9] He was released from the Packers' practice squad on September 27, 2016.[10]
On October 3, 2016, Daniel was signed to the Washington Redskins' practice squad.[11] He was released from the Redskins' practice squad on October 11, 2016.[12]
Daniel was signed to the Baltimore Ravens' practice squad on October 13, 2016.[13] On October 22, 2016, he was promoted from the practice squad to the active roster.[14] He was released by the Ravens on November 5, 2016 and was re-signed to the practice squad.[15][16] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Ravens on January 5, 2017.[17]
On September 2, 2017, Daniel was waived/injured by the Ravens and placed on injured reserve.[18] He was released on September 7, 2017. He was re-signed to the practice squad on December 5, 2017.[19] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Ravens on January 2, 2018.[20] He was waived by the Ravens on May 3, 2018.[21]
On August 27, 2018, Daniel was re-signed by the Ravens, only to be waived four days later.[22][23] He was re-signed to the practice squad on September 3, 2018.[24] He was promoted to the active roster on September 22, 2018, but was waived two days later and re-signed back to the practice squad.[25][26] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Ravens on January 8, 2019.[27] He was waived on May 6, 2019.[28]
On May 25, 2019, Daniel signed with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) to a two-year contract.[29] He played in eight regular season games where he recorded 21 defensive tackles, six special teams tackles, and three interceptions. He did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of the 2020 CFL season.
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As a pending free agent entering the 2021 CFL season, Daniel's playing rights were traded to the Toronto Argonauts on January 31, 2021.[30] He re-signed with the Argonauts three days later.[31]
On August 4, 2023, Daniel set a new Argonauts record for most tackles in a game with 16 in a 20–7 loss vs. the Stampeders in Calgary.[32] He played in 11 regular season games in 2023 where he recorded 55 defensive tackles, two sacks, four interceptions, and one touchdown.[33] Daniel was named a CFL East All-Star at the end of the season, despite missing the last seven games due to injury.[34] He became a free agent upon the expiry of his contract on February 13, 2024.[35]
Source: NFL.com
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