# B. J. Daniels (American football)

Bruce E. Daniels Jr. (born October 24, 1989) is a former professional American football quarterback. He was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the seventh round of the 2013 NFL draft after playing college football at South Florida. He played quarterback for South Florida as a 4-year starter and also played Quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks. He won Super Bowl XLVIII with the Seahawks over the Denver Broncos. He was an offensive analyst at the University of South Florida. He is now the assistant director of Donor Community and Alumni Engagement at the University of South Florida.

## College career

Born and raised in Tallahassee, Florida, Daniels graduated from Lincoln High School in Tallahassee, where he once threw 6 touchdowns and 723 yards in a game vs Demply Prep. Daniels finished the 2009 season with 1983 yards passing, 772 yards rushing, and 23 total touchdowns. Daniels responded in his junior year with 3,205 total yards. Daniels was on his way to becoming the all time yardage leader in Big East history when his senior season was cut short due to injury. Daniels ended his college career with 8,433 yards passing for 52 TD's, and 2,068 yards rushing for another 25 scores. Daniels achieved 10,501 total yards and 77 total touchdowns at USF, and finished his career second on the all time Big East yardage leaders. Daniels finished his college career high on all of USF's rushing and passing leaderboards. Daniels is also a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.

### College statistics

| Year | Team | Passing | Passing | Passing | Passing | Passing | Passing | Passing | Passing | Rushing | Rushing | Rushing | Rushing |
| Year | Team | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 2008 | South Florida | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 86 | 17.2 | 0 | 0 | 224.5 | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2009 | South Florida | 122 | 227 | 53.7 | 1,983 | 8.7 | 14 | 9 | 139.5 | 175 | 772 | 4.4 | 9 |
| 2010 | South Florida | 143 | 245 | 58.4 | 1,685 | 6.9 | 11 | 13 | 120.3 | 112 | 259 | 2.3 | 5 |
| 2011 | South Florida | 215 | 365 | 58.9 | 2,604 | 7.1 | 13 | 7 | 126.7 | 132 | 601 | 4.6 | 6 |
| 2012 | South Florida | 165 | 290 | 56.9 | 2,075 | 7.2 | 14 | 10 | 126.0 | 104 | 434 | 4.2 | 5 |
| Career | Career | 649 | 1,132 | 57.3 | 8,433 | 7.4 | 52 | 39 | 128.2 | 526 | 2,068 | 3.9 | 25 |
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## Professional career

Pre-draft measurables :
| 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 00 in (1.83 m) | 222 lb (101 kg) | 4.53 s | 1.57 s | 2.70 s | 4.27 s | 7.02 s | 32+1⁄2 in (0.83 m) | 10.5 ft 6 in (3.35 m) | 22 reps |
| All values from South Florida Pro Day ||||||||||

### San Francisco 49ers

Daniels was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the seventh round with the 237th overall pick in the 2013 NFL draft.

### Seattle Seahawks

Daniels was claimed off waivers on October 2, 2013, by the Seattle Seahawks. Daniels was waived by the Seahawks on November 16, 2013. Daniels cleared waivers and the Seahawks signed him to the practice squad on November 18, 2013. On June 2, 2015, Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell announced that Daniels would be making the switch to wide receiver for the 2015 season. Daniels was waived by the Seahawks on October 13, 2015. The team re-signed him two days later. On October 27, 2015, the Seahawks waived Daniels, but he re-signed with the team's practice squad soon after. On November 24, 2015, he was promoted to the active roster. On December 15, 2015, Daniels was waived.

### Houston Texans

On December 21, 2015, Daniels was signed off the Seattle Seahawks' practice squad by the Houston Texans. On December 27, 2015, Daniels made his Texans debut against the Tennessee Titans, passing 1–2 for 7 yards and rushing for 6 yards.

### New York Giants

On May 9, 2016, Daniels signed a contract with the New York Giants. On June 17, 2016, he was released by the Giants.

### Chicago Bears

On July 27, 2016, Daniels signed a contract with the Chicago Bears. On September 3, 2016, he was released by the Bears as part of final roster cuts.

### Atlanta Falcons

On December 19, 2016, Daniels was signed to the Atlanta Falcons' practice squad. He signed a reserve/future contract with the Falcons on February 7, 2017. In June 2017, it was reported that Daniels had converted to running back. He was released by the team on August 15, 2017.

### Saskatchewan Roughriders

On May 17, 2018, Daniels signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He was cut June 9, 2018.

### Salt Lake Stallions

In 2018, Daniels was assigned to the Orlando Apollos of the Alliance of American Football. On November 27, he was drafted by the Salt Lake Stallions in the second round of the 2019 AAF QB Draft. He did not make the team's final 52-man roster, but was instead placed on injured reserve. The league ceased operations in April 2019.

### Seattle Dragons

In 2019, Daniels was a member of the 2020 XFL Draft class, and was selected by the Seattle Dragons during the open phase. He made his XFL debut in place of an injured Brandon Silvers and threw one incomplete pass. On February 29, 2020, Daniels came in for relief after Brandon Silvers was unable to be successful in the first half and helped his team score their first touchdown of the game, on a run by Kenneth Farrow, and then scored his first points as an XFL player, on a 1-Pt conversion. He had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10, 2020.

### NFL statistics

| Year | Team | GP | GS | Passing | Passing | Passing | Passing | Passing | Passing | Passing | Passing | Rushing | Rushing | Rushing | Rushing | Receiving | Receiving | Receiving | Receiving | Receiving | Punt returns | Punt returns | Punt returns | Punt returns | Punt returns |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD |
| 2015 | SEA | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2015 | HOU | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Career | Career | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
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## Coaching career
### High school coaching

Daniels was hired as the quarterbacks coach at Leon High School in 2018. He was named the head coach at his alma mater Lincoln High School in Tallahassee in 2020.

### South Florida

Daniels was hired as an offensive analyst at his alma mater South Florida in 2021.