| No. 44 - Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | September 4, 1994 Canonsburg, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Our Lady of Good Counsel (Olney, Maryland) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Clemson | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2018 / Round: 3 / Pick: 100 | ||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 13, 2019 | |||||||||||||
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Dorian O'Daniel (born September 4, 1994) is an American football linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Clemson.[1]
Professional career
O'Daniel attended the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis and completed all of the combine and positional drills. On March 15, 2018, he attended Clemson's pro day, but opted to stand on his combine numbers and only performed positional drills. O'Daniel also attended meetings and private workouts with multiple teams, including the Pittsburgh Steelers, Houston Texans, and Buffalo Bills.[2][3][4] At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, O'Daniel was projected to be a third or fourth round pick by NFL draft experts and scouts. He was ranked as the sixth best outside linebacker prospect in the draft by DraftScout.com and was ranked the 11th best outside linebacker by Scouts Inc.[5][6]
| Ht | Wt | Arm length | Hand size | 40-yard dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert jump | Broad | BP | |
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| 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
223 lb (101 kg) |
in (0.79 m) |
9 in (0.23 m) |
32 in (0.81 m) |
9 ft 11 in (3.02 m) |
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| All values from NFL Combine[7] | ||||||||||||
The Kansas City Chiefs selected O'Daniel in the third round (100th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft. O'Daniel was the 13th linebacker drafted in 2018.[8]
On May 30, 2018, the Kansas City Chiefs signed O'Daniel to a four-year, $3.34 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $761,516.[9]
References
- ^ "Canonsburg product Dorian O'Daniel will face Alabama in the College Football Playoff". Post-gazette.com. Retrieved 2018.
- ^ Hartman, Jeff (April 7, 2018). "Steelers host Clemson LB Dorian O'Daniel for official pre-draft visit". behindthesteelcurtain.com. Retrieved 2018.
- ^ "Clemson LB Dorian O'Daniel visiting Texans". Chron.com. April 4, 2018. Retrieved 2018.
- ^ "Report: Bills to meet with special teams star Dorian O'Daniel". billswire.usatoday.com. April 5, 2018. Retrieved 2018.
- ^ "Dorian O'Daniel, DS #6 OLB, Clemson". draftscout.com. Retrieved 2018.
- ^ "NFL Dorian O'Daniel- ESPN". insider.espn.com. Retrieved 2018.
- ^ "NFL Draft Profile: Dorian O'Daniel". National Football League. Retrieved 2018.
- ^ "Chiefs pick OLB Dorian O'Daniel out of Clemson in third round". ArrowheadPride.com. April 27, 2018. Retrieved 2018.
- ^ "Spotrac.com: Dorian O'Daniel contract". Spotrac.com. Retrieved 2018.
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