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Explore Danny Kanell net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! Football player who was professionally involved with both National Football League and the Arena Football League. In his senior season, as the starter quarterback for Florida State University, he concluded the season by beating Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl. In this article, we will discover how old is Danny Kanell? Who is Danny Kanell dating now & how much money does Danny Kanell have?

Danny Kanell Biography

Danny Kanell is one of the most popular and richest Football Player who was born on November 21, 1973 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. He was He served as Jake Plummer‘s back-up while a quarterback for the 2004 Bronco’s team.’s back-up as well as a quarterback for Broncos’ team of 2004.

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. After doing well in occasional backup play, he won the job again as a sophomore in 1993, despite increased competition. 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. 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.

Kanell also played baseball during his freshman and sophomore years, playing in seven games over the two seasons. He was drafted in the 25th round by the New York Yankees in the 1993 Major League Baseball Draft.

He was raised and born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

In the course of his senior year during his time at Florida State, he was included on the list of Honorable Mention All-Americans. Then, he was selected in the 4th round of year 1996 NFL Draft by the New York Giants. After being removed from the Atlanta Falcons in 2000, He was then a part of an AFL New York Dragons team in 2004 before an NFL stint with the Denver Broncos. Following the 2004 season, he resigned. He’s since been an analyst for different football games on ESPN shows.

Daniel Kanell (born November 21, 1973) is a former professional American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) and Arena Football League, and former ESPN personality. He was employed by ESPN as an analyst and host on the Russillo and Kanell show on ESPN Radio. He was the host of ESPNU’s late-night sports and humor show UNITE before the show was canceled in June 2013.

Danny Kanell Net Worth

Danny is one of the richest Football Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Danny Kanell's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

He began playing football in junior high school. He coached Westminster Academy to a 12-1 record and a state championship. As an senior, he steered the team to a 9-2 record and lost in the finals of the state championship. In 1993, during the Major League Baseball (MLB) draft, he was selected in the 14th selection by the New York Yankees.

Kanell was drafted by the New York Giants in the fourth round (135th overall) in the 1996 NFL Draft. He made his NFL debut later that season. The next season in New York, Kanell became the starter and played the last ten games of the 1997 season, leading the Giants to the NFC Eastern Division title. In those ten games he threw for 1,740 yards with eleven touchdowns and nine interceptions. The Giants played in the playoffs against the Minnesota Vikings but lost 23–22. Kanell went 13/32 with 199 yards and one touchdown in that game. The following year, Kanell started all ten games he played in while throwing for 1,303 yards, eleven touchdowns and ten interceptions. With a record of 3–7 at that point, the Giants benched Kanell in favor of Kent Graham, who led the Giants to a 5–1 record down the stretch and an 8–8 finish. At the end of the season the Giants signed Kerry Collins from the New Orleans Saints and cut Kanell to make enough salary cap room to pay Collins’ salary.

In the off season Kanell found a home with the Atlanta Falcons as a backup to their oft 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.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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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.

Who is Danny Kanell Dating?

According to our records, Danny Kanell married to Courtenay Kanell. As of January 13, 2024, Danny Kanell’s is not dating anyone.

During a layoff from football in 2001, Kanell returned to baseball, playing in the minor leagues for the Atlantic League’s Newark Bears. He played at first base, third base and designated hitter, hitting for a .237 average with one home run in 79 plate appearances for the Bears. Kanell said he wanted to eventually play for the Yankees, as he had grown up idolizing Yankees first baseman Don Mattingly.

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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.

A year later, Kanell signed with the New York Dragons of the Arena Football League for the 2002 season, appearing in four games in Aaron Garcia’s absence. Following that, he was signed during training camp by the Denver Broncos. He made the roster as the third-string quarterback in Denver but was let go shortly through the season. Seven games into the season, starting quarterback Jake Plummer and backup quarterback Steve Beuerlein suffered foot and hand injuries, respectively. Kanell was recalled to the Broncos and started two games until Beuerlein and Plummer returned. He threw two touchdowns and five interceptions on 103 pass attempts. Kanell remained with the Broncos for one more year as the backup to Plummer. He never played, as Plummer became the first Broncos quarterback in franchise history to take every offensive snap. After the 2004 season, he was cut by the Broncos and was not picked up by another NFL team.

Facts & Trivia

Danny Ranked on the list of most popular Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Danny Kanell celebrates birthday on November 21 of every year.

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. 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.

What is danny Kanell doing?

Danny Kanell is a current CBS Sports HQ analyst and former Florida State quarterback.

How old is Danny Kanell?

48 years (November 21, 1973)

Where did danny Kanell go to College?

Florida State University

Where did danny Kanell go to high school?

After arriving in 1992 from Westminster Academy in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (Always nice to pull an All-American from Miami’s backyard); Kanell became FSU’s first freshman back-up qb since 1985.

Did Charlie Ward get drafted in the NFL?

Despite his college football success, he was not drafted to the NFL, opting instead to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Ward played for nine years with the New York Knicks and started in the 1999 NBA Finals.

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