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**Owen Daniels**
	No. 81 Houston Texans
	Tight end
Personal information
	Date of birth: November 9, 1982 (age 27)
	Place of birth: Lockport, Illinois
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Weight: 246 lb (112 kg)
Career information
	College: Wisconsin
	NFL Draft: 2006 / Round: 4 / Pick: 98
	Debuted in 2006 for the Houston Texans
Career history
	As player:; Houston Texans (2006–present);
	Roster status: Injured Reserve
Career highlights and awards
	Pro Bowl selection (2008); (2006) NFL All-Rookie Team as selected by Pro Football Weekly and the Pro Football Writers of America; (2002) Academic All-Big Ten Team;
Career NFL statistics as of week 17, 2009
Receptions	207
Receiving Yards	2,501
Touchdowns	15
Stats at NFL.com

Owen Daniels (born November 9, 1982 in Berwyn, Illinois) is an American football tight end for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He was named as the tight end on the 2006 NFL All-Rookie Team as selected by Pro Football Weekly and the Pro Football Writers of America.

[edit] High school years

Daniels attended Naperville Central High School in Naperville, Illinois.

[edit] College career

Daniels graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a B.S. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and where he played football under coach Barry Alvarez. At Wisconsin, he red-shirted his freshman year at the QB position. Early in his active career at UW, Daniels was a back-up quarterback and played special teams, flanker, split end, and wingback. He eventually assumed the starting job at tight end for most of his final two seasons with the Badgers. During his career at Wisconsin, Daniels played in 43 games with 62 receptions for 852 yards (13.7 avg.) He was drafted with the 98th pick (overall) and as the first pick of the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He earned the nickname "The Weatherman" as he majored in meteorology and appeared on the Madison area news delivering the local forecast. As a Professional, the moniker, "O.D." seems to have stuck amongst Texans fans, Houston media, and users of NFL-related message boards.

[edit] NFL

On November 2, 2008 Daniels had his best game of his career against the Minnesota Vikings with 11 receptions for 130 plus yards. On December 7, 2008 his timely reception from QB Matt Schaub during a game winning drive to defeat the Green Bay Packers was featured on NBC's "Football Night in America."

Daniels finished his rookie (2006) season with 34 receptions for 352 yards with 5 touchdowns.

Owen Daniels completed the 2007 NFL season starting all 16 games with 63 receptions for 769 yards and 3 touchdowns.

He completed a break-out 2008 season with 70 receptions for 862 yards with a trip to the 2009 Pro Bowl. He and teammate Andre Johnson were the most prolific tight end-wide receiver combination in the NFL with 185 catches for 2,437 yards.

On November 1, 2009 in a game against the Buffalo Bills, Daniels injured his knee (torn ACL) & was placed on season-ending injured reserve.