Danny Kanell Podcast Bio, Age, Wife, Salary, Net Worth, Stats

Danny Kanell Biography

Daniel Kanell is a former professional American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) and Arena Football League.He is currently employed by CBS Sports, along with Fox Sports 1 and SiriusXM. He was employed by ESPN as an analyst and host on the Russillo and Kanell show on ESPN Radio. Kanell was the host of ESPNU’s late-night sports and humor show UNITE untill June 2013 when the show was canceled.

Kanell would also appear on ESPN’s new College Football Playoff Selection Show together with Rece Davis, Joey Galloway and Kirk Herbstreit. Kanell’s career with ESPN ended on April 26, 2017. He is currently employed by CBS Sports, along with Fox Sports 1 and SiriusXM.

Danny Kanell Age

Daniel Kanell was born on November 21, 1973 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida United States.

Danny Kanell Wife

The former sportsman Danny Kanell is married to Courtenay Kanell. Danny got married to Courtenay Kanell after dating quite a long time.

Danny Kanell Salary and Net worth

A successful multi-personality Danny Kanell earned a riveting salary of around $95,000 while he was working at the ESPN and although he has not revealed the amount he receives from Fox 1, we believe he is not receiving less than what he used to get from ESPN.  He has an estimated net worth of $2 million U.S. dollars.

Danny Kanell Career

He went to Florida State University, where he played quarterback for four years. As a freshman in 1992, he won the job of backing up starter Charlie Ward, the team’s first freshman backup since Chip Ferguson in 1985. After doing well in occasional backup play, Kannell won the job again as a sophomore in 1993, despite increased competition.

The team later moved to alternating between Kanell and fellow sophomore Jon Stark as backups, though Kanell was given the start when Florida State held out Ward against Maryland due to bruised ribs and Kanell responded by completing 28 of 38 passes for 341 yards, five touchdowns and no interceptions. Overall that year, Kanell threw for 499 yards with 7 TD vs 0 INT while backing up Ward, who won the Heisman Trophy, Davey O’Brien, Maxwell and Walter Camp Awards that year.

During his junior year, Kanell threw for 2,781 yards with 17 TD vs 13 INT on 380 pass attempts. He was a part of the famous Choke at Doak game against Florida, where he led Florida State back from a 31-3 fourth quarter deficit to tie the game. He then beat Florida in the rematch at the Sugar Bowl dubbed the “Fifth Quarter in the French Quarter”, finishing the year with a 10–1–1 record.

In 1995, in his senior year, he threw for 2,957 yards with 32 TD vs 13 INT on 402 pass attempts. Kanell led the team to a 10–2 record, including a win over Notre Dame in the 1996 Orange Bowl. Kanell was given an “honorable mention” in the All-American list of his senior year. He was also the starting quarterback for Florida State’s first loss to an ACC opponent on November 2, 1995 as the Virginia Cavaliers defeated Florida State 33-28. While throwing for more than 450 yards during the game, he also threw 3 interceptions and completed less than 50% of his passes. One of those interceptions was thrown at the Virginia 2 yard line late in the first half.

In his career at the university he played in 35 games and completed 62.2% of his 851 pass attempts. Kanell threw for 6,372 yards, 57 touchdowns (at the time a school record) and 26 interceptions over his four years as a Seminole. He also ran for one touchdown and managed to catch one pass for a loss of three yards. Kanell was inducted into the Florida State Athletic Hall of Fame in September 2012.

Kanell also played baseball during his freshman and sophomore years, playing in seven games over the two seasons. He was drafted in the 25th round by the New York Yankees in the 1993 Major League Baseball Draft.

Danny Kanell Professional Career

During the fourth round (135th overall) in the 1996 NFL Draft, Kanell was drafted by the New York Giants. He made his NFL debut later that season. The next season in New York, he became the starter and played the last ten games of the 1997 season, leading the Giants to the NFC Eastern Division title. In those ten games he threw for 1,740 yards with eleven touchdowns and nine interceptions. The Giants played in the playoffs against the Minnesota Vikings but lost 23–22.

Kanell went 13/32 with 199 yards and one touchdown in that game. The following year, he began all ten games he played in while throwing for 1,303 yards, eleven touchdowns and ten interceptions. With a record of 3–7 at that point, the Giants benched him in favor of Kent Graham, who led the Giants to a 5–1 record down the stretch and an 8–8 finish. At the end of the season the Giants signed Kerry Collins from the New Orleans Saints and cut Kanell to make enough salary cap room to pay Collins’ salary.

In the off season Kanell found a home with the Atlanta Falcons as a backup to Chris Chandler, their oft injured starting quarterback. Kanell played in Atlanta for two years, starting two games and playing in eight. As a Falcon he completed 99 of 200 attempted passes for a total of 1,117 yards, six touchdowns and nine interceptions. At the end of the 2000 season Kanell was cut by the Falcons and didn’t manage to sign with another team.

A year later, he signed with the New York Dragons of the Arena Football League for the 2002 season, appearing in four games in Aaron Garcia’s absence. Due to that, Kenall was signed during training camp by the Denver Broncos. He made the roster as the third-string quarterback in Denver but was let go shortly through the season. Seven games into the season, starting quarterback Jake Plummer and backup quarterback Steve Beuerlein suffered foot and hand injuries, respectively.

Kanell was recalled to the Broncos and started two games until Beuerlein and Plummer’s return. Kanell threw two touchdowns and five interceptions on 103 pass attempts. He remained with the Broncos for one more year as the backup to Plummer. He never played, as Plummer became the first Broncos quarterback in franchise history to take every offensive snap. After the 2004 season, Kanell was cut by the Broncos and was not picked up by another NFL team.

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