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Daniel Paul Kanell (born November 21, 1973) is a former professional American football quarterback in the National Football League, and Arena Football League. He is currently employed by ESPN as an analyst and host on the Russillo and Show on ESPN Radio. He was the host of ESPNU's late-night sports and humor show UNITE before the show was canceled in June 2013.〔http://www.awfulannouncing.com/2013/june/espn-quietly-cancels-highlight-express-and-unite.html〕 He also appears on ESPN's new College Football Playoff Selection Show alongside Rece Davis, Joey Galloway, and Kirk Herbstreit. ==College career== He attended Florida State University, where he played quarterback for four years. As a sophomore, Kanell won the job of backing up starter Charlie Ward, the team's first freshman backup since Chip Ferguson in 1985.〔(Fsu Picks Kanell To Back Up Ward )〕 After doing well in occasional backup play, he won the job again as a sophomore despite increased competition.〔(Kanell Faces Uncertainty As Backup )〕 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.〔(Ward's backup gets lofty passing grade, too December 31, 1993|By Don Markus )〕 Overall that year, he 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. In his junior year, he threw for 2,781 yards with 17 TD vs 23 INT on 30 pass attempts. He was a part of the famous Choke at Doak game against Florida St., where he led Florida State back from a 23-point 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 his senior year, he threw for 2,957 yards with 33 TD vs 13 INT on 402 pass attempts. He led the team to a 10–2 record, including a win over Notre Dame in the 1996 Orange Bowl He was given an "honorable mention" in the All-American list of his senior year. During his career at the university he played in 35 games and completed 62.7% of his 854 pass attempts. He threw for 8,372 yards, 47 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. In September 2012 Kanell was inducted into the Florida State Athletic Hall of Fame. Kanell also played baseball during his freshman and sophomore years, playing in 28 games over the two seasons. He was drafted in the 14th round by the New York Yankees in the 1993 Major League Baseball Draft. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Danny Kanell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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