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**Danieal Manning**
	No. 38 Chicago Bears
	Free safety/Return specialist
Personal information
	Date of birth: August 9, 1982 (age 27)
	Place of birth: Corsicana, Texas
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	Weight: 200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
	College: Abilene Christian
	NFL Draft: 2006 / Round: 2 / Pick: 42
	Debuted in 2006 for the Chicago Bears
Career history
	As player:; Chicago Bears (2006-present);
Career highlights and awards
	N/A;
Career NFL statistics as of week 4, 2009
Tackles	209
Sacks	2.0
INTs	5
Total Kick Return Yards	1,274
Total TDs	1
Stats at NFL.com

Danieal Manning (born August 9, 1982 in Corsicana, Texas) is a professional American football free safety for the Chicago Bears. He was drafted with the 42nd pick in the 2006 NFL Draft from Abilene Christian University, which made him the first player from a non-Division I school to be selected that year (as well as the 2nd highest pick in the history of the school's football program). Before college, he was a highly touted defensive back at Corsicana High School. Manning transferred from the University of Nebraska to ACU.^[1]

[edit] Professional career

Midway through the 2008 NFL season, Manning took over Devin Hester's duties as the team's kick returner. On December 11, 2008, he returned a kickoff 83 yards for a touchdown, making it the first regular season opening kickoff returned for a touchdown for the Bears since 1972.^[2] A week before this touchdown, Manning picked off David Garrard's pass on the Jaguars opening drive, and returned it to the Jaguars five-yard line.^[3]

Manning led the league in return average and number of 30-yard + returns, despite only starting half the season. Manning was Bears starting nickelback in 2008, and competed with Josh Bullocks, Corey Graham, Kevin Payne, and Craig Steltz for starting free safety.^[4] Manning won the starting position before the start of the Bears 2009 summer training camp.^[5] On passing downs, Manning will play nickelback, while Steltz will fill in for him at free safety.^[5] Due to Manning's larger role on defense, the Bears have chosen rookie wide receiver Johnny Knox to take over kick returning duties.^[6]

[edit] References

^ Short Work for Manning
^ http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/football/2021ap_fbn_saints_bears.html
^ http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20081207/SPORTS0301/812070326/1119
^ Dickerson, Jeff (2009-07-22). "Position battle: Safety". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/chicago/columns/blog?post=4347595&name=dickerson. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
^ ^a ^b "Bears do secondary shuffle". Chicago Sun-Times. 2009-07-29. http://www.suntimes.com/sports/1690731,Bears-safety-29.article. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
^ Mayer, Larry (2009-09-30). "Why is Johnny Knox returning kickoffs instead of Danieal Manning?". chicagobears.com. http://www.chicagobears.com/news/ChalkTalkStory.asp?STORY_ID=6158. Retrieved 2009-10-05.

[edit] External links

Abilene Christian Wildcats bio

[0] Short Work for Manning

[1] ttp://seattlepi.nwsource.com/football/2021ap_fbn_saints_bears.html

[2] ttp://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20081207/SPORTS0301/812070326/1119

[3] Dickerson, Jeff (2009-07-22). "Position battle: Safety". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/chicago/columns/blog?post=4347595&name=dickerson. Retrieved 2009-07-23.

[smr-4] "Bears do secondary shuffle". Chicago Sun-Times. 2009-07-29. http://www.suntimes.com/sports/1690731,Bears-safety-29.article. Retrieved 2009-07-30.

[5] Mayer, Larry (2009-09-30). "Why is Johnny Knox returning kickoffs instead of Danieal Manning?". chicagobears.com. http://www.chicagobears.com/news/ChalkTalkStory.asp?STORY_ID=6158. Retrieved 2009-10-05.

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