Danieal Manning

Danieal Manning

No. 38     Houston Texans
Free safety/Return specialist
Personal information
Date of birth: August 9, 1982 (1982-08-09) (age 29)
Place of birth: Corsicana, Texas
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	Weight: 209 lb (95 kg)
Career information
College: Abilene Christian
NFL Draft: 2006 / Round: 2 / Pick: 42
Debuted in 2006 for the Chicago Bears
Career history
Chicago Bears (2006–2010) Houston Texans (2011-present)
Career highlights and awards
1× All-Pro selection (2008)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 5, 2011
Tackles	366
Sacks	2.0
INTs	8
Total Kick Return Yards	3,041
Total TDs	1
Stats at NFL.com

Danieal Manning (born August 9, 1982) is a professional American football safety for the Houston Texans. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears 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 second 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]

Professional career

Midway through the 2008 NFL season, Manning took over Devin Hester's duties as the Bears' 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 played nickelback, while Steltz filled in for him at free safety.^[5] Due to Manning's larger role on defense, the Bears have chosen second year wide receiver Johnny Knox to take over kick returning duties.^[6]

Manning signed with the Houston Texans on July 28th, 2011.

References

1. ^ Short Work for Manning
2. ^ [1]^{[dead link]}
3. ^ "Bears, Manning beat Jaguars". MyCentralJersey.com. 2008-12-07. http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20081207/SPORTS0301/812070326/1119. Retrieved 2010-12-28. 
4. ^ Dickerson, Jeff (2009-07-22). "Position battle: Safety". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/chicago/columns/blog?post=4347595&name=dickerson. Retrieved 2009-07-23. 
5. ^ ^{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. ^{[dead link]}
6. ^ 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. 

External links

• Official Homepage of NFL Player Daniel Manning
• Abilene Christian Wildcats bio

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Name	Manning, Danieal
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Date of birth	August 9, 1982
Place of birth	Corsicana, Texas
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