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P.J. Daniels was picked with the 132nd overall selection in the 4th round of the 2006 NFL Draft, which was one of the Ravens' 4 compensatory picks...Daniels was the 2nd player in franchise history to be tabbed out of Georgia Tech - LB Ron Rogers, 6th round (154th overall) in 1998...His college teammate, S Dawan Landry, was drafted by the Ravens in the 5th round by Baltimore in 2006.
Highlights:
Two-time All-ACC tailback (1st team in 2003 and 2nd-team in 2005), who finished his career as the 4th-leading rusher in Georgia Tech history...Daniels is a former college walk-on who earned a scholarship following the 2002 season...Finished his career ranked 3rd in Georgia Tech history with 23 rushing TDs...Finished his career with 3,912 all-purpose yards, ranking him 5th on the Yellow Jackets' list...Also ranks 2nd in school history with 16 100-yard rushing games...Saw action in 44 games, starting 29 at Tech, and finished with 3,340 yards rushing on 707 carries (4.7 avg.)...Also pulled in 56 passes for 369 yards and 3 TDs in his college career...Daniels added 11 KO returns for 234 yards, with a long of 59 for Georgia Tech...Earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference 1st-team honors as a sophomore when he led the ACC and had the 4th-best season in school history with 1,447 rushing yards on 283 carries (5.1 avg.) and a career-high 10 TDs...Daniels also pulled in 19 passes for 88 yards and 1 TD as a sophomore.
Pro Career:
"I'm always looking for someone that's a tackle-breaker and a guy that's going to run downhill," said GM Ozzie Newsome. "P.J. brings that. As it was noted by Mike Golic, he's a guy that walked on at Georgia Tech, so you can see the type of commitment that he has. He's ready to come to Baltimore and show us that he belongs."
College Career:
2005: Earned 2nd-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors as a senior...Started 10 games and amassed 1,104 all-purpose yards, averaging 100.4 yards per game, good for 5th in the conference...Led the team with 198 carries for 930 yards and 3 TDs and finished as Tech's 3rd-leading receiver with 21 receptions for 174 yards...Was 2nd in the ACC with 84.6 rushing yards per game...Only fumbled the ball 1 time in 219 carries...Ran for over 100 yards in 6 games, including the 1st 3 contests of the season... Capped his career with 109 yards versus Utah in the Emerald Bowl, his 3rd-straight 100-yard bowl game.
2004: Played in 8 games, starting 7 as a junior...Gained 727 all-purpose yards and scored 54 points...Rushed for over 100 yards in 4 games, as he averaged 89.2 rushing yards per game and carried the ball 154 times for 714 yards and 8 TDs...Also pulled in 11 receptions for 50 yards and a TD...Daniels also threw a pass for 13 yards and a TD...Opened the season with 169 yards rushing and 193 all-purpose yards against Samford; scored 3 TDs on runs of 46 yards and 1 yard and a 25-yard reception...Finished 2004 with a 119-yard effort in Tech's win over Syracuse in the Champs Sports Bowl, scoring 2 TDs against the Orange and also caught 4 passes. 2003: Named to the All-ACC 1st-team and gained 1,535 all-purpose yards, the 9th-best season total in school history, and ran for over 100 yards in 6 games...Became the 3rd Yellow Jacket to lead the league in rushing (Jerry Mays - 1989 and Rovert Lavette - 1982) as he rushed for a career-high 1,447 yards (5.1 avg.) and 10 TDs as a sophomore...His 1,447 yards rank 4th in ACC history...He also finished 4th on the squad with 19 receptions for 88 yards and a TD...Averaged 22 carries per game, setting a Tech record with 283 attempts...Put an exclamation point on his season with 307 yards rushing and 4 TDs, which ranks as the 3rd-best rushing performance in school history...Daniels' effort also ranks as the 3rd-best rushing day in ACC history and set an NCAA record for rushing yards in a bowl game...Also tied the Tech record with 4 TDs, as he was named to ESPN.com's "All-Bowl" team.
2002: Played for Georgia Tech without a scholarship...Was awarded a scholarship following the season... Posted 546 all-purpose yards as a sophomore...Finished as Tech's 4th-leading rusher with 255 yards with 2 TDs on 72 carries (3.5 avg.)...Also pulled in 5 receptions for 57 yards (11.4 avg.) and returned 11 KOs for 234 yards (21.3 avg.) as a redshirt freshman...Named ACC Rookie of the Week for his performance in Tech's win over Virginia when he rushed for 95 yards on 21 carries against the Cavaliers, including a 1-yard TD run, while catching 2 passes for 17 yards.
2001: Redshirted after making the team as a walk-on.
Personal:
Attended Elsik (Houston, TX) HS, where he lettered 4 times and was named the team MVP as a senior...Rushed for 1,600 yards and played in the Houston North-South All- Star game as a senior...Majored in management at Georgia Tech...Was named to the 2003 and 2004 All-Academic football team and the 2003-04 ACC academic honor roll...Full name: Prince Ahadzie Daniels, Jr.
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