2019 Football Roster
DJ Daniel
- Position:
- DB
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Griffin, Ga.
- High School:
- Spalding
- Prev School:
- Georgia Military College
Career Highs
* Eight tackles vs. Baylor, 2020
* Two pass breakups vs. LSU, 2019
2020: Played in eight of regular-season games and finished with nine total stops, one for lost yardage, and one pass breakup...most productive game was a 4-tackle effort vs. Mississippi State...saw action in season-opening win at Arkansas and was credited with two solo tackles...had a solo tackle and a pass breakup vs. Auburn...two stops at South Carolina included a solo tackle for 5-yard loss.
2019: Played in 13 of 14 games, starting the last 11 games of the season...finished with 42 total stops...closed out the season with a career-best eight tackles vs. Baylor in the Sugar Bowl, along with a pass breakup...had eight PBUs on the season, second-best among all defenders...had six tackles, including a third-down stop for a 2-yard loss, in win at Auburn...started vs. Notre Dame and contributed five tackles, one for lost yardage...also snuffed Notre Dame’s final play with a fourth-down pass breakup...had two tackles and a pass breakup vs. Florida...third on the team with 5 pass breakups...had two solo tackles vs. Arkansas State...enrolled at UGA in January and participated in Spring drills...had three tackles and two pass breakups in the annual G-Day intrasquad game...co-winner of Defensive Newcomer of the Year Award, given at team’s post-season awards gala.
Junior College: Georgia Military College, coached by Bert Williams…247Sports.com four-star JUCO prospect…Ranked as the #6 JUCO prospect nationally, #2 ranked JUCO cornerback and #1 JUCO prospect in the state of Georgia…PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, #4 ranked JUCO prospect, #1 ranked CB…ESPN.com four star prospect, ranked #7 JUCO prospect overall and #2 CB in the ESPN JC Top 50…Rivals.com #14 JUCO prospect nationally...Team captain of the Georgia Military College team... led Georgia Military defense that allowed 159.6 passing yards per game and 16.8 points per game…hauled in two interceptions in his second season... in his first season, blocked three kicks and tied for a team-high three interceptions...part of a Bulldog secondary that finished 2017 ranked in the top-10 in the NJCAA in INTs.
High School: Spalding, coached by Nick Davis...Helped advance the Jaguars to the second round of the 2016 GHSA High School Playoffs in two straight years, including a 10-2 record his junior season.
Personal: Full name: DAVIS ANTHONY DANIEL...Major: Sociology...recipient of the Dan M. Post Football Scholarship.
