P.J. Daniels

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P.J. Daniels

PositionRunning Back

Experience3 years

Height5-10

Weight210

CollegeGeorgia Tech

High SchoolElsik (TX)

HometownHouston, Texas

Birthdate12/21/1982

Joined RavensDraft 4B (132nd), 2006

Joined NFL2006

P.J. Daniels Statistics

    • Games Played/Started: (2006, 0/0); (2007, IR) Total 0/0
    • Possesses superior speed and soft hands out of the backfield
    • Placed on Injured Reserve (hamstring) in 2007
    • Was on the 53-man roster all year as a rookie, but was never on the 45-man active game-day roster in 2006
    • Daniels 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

    • P.J. Daniels was picked with the 132nd-overall selection (1 of the Ravens’ 4 compensatory picks) in the 4th round of the 2006 NFL Draft

    • 2007: Placed on Injured Reserve (hamstring) on 8/28
    • 2006: Was on the 53-man roster all year as a rookie, but was never on the 45-man active game-day roster
    • Was a game-day inactive for the Divisional Playoff game vs. Ind. (1/13/07) and all 16 regular season games
    • 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 with 3,912 all-purpose yards, ranking him 5th on the Yellow Jackets’ list
    • Also ranked 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
    • Earned All-ACC 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 as a sophomore
    • Named to the All-ACC 1st-team and gained 1,535 all-purpose yards, and ran for over 100 yards in 6 games as a sophomore in 2003
    • 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 (4th in ACC history) and 10 TDs as a sophomore
    • 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 ranked as the 3rd-best rushing performance in school history
    • Daniels' effort also ranked 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
    • Was awarded a scholarship following his freshman season
    • His college teammate, S Dawan Landry, was drafted by the Ravens in the 5th round in 2006
    • Was named to the 2003 and 2004 All-Academic football team and the 2003-04 ACC academic honor roll
    • Majored in management at Georgia Tech
    • 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
    • Along with teammates David Pittman, Demetrius Williams and Derrick Martin, Daniels took a goup of youngsters from the Sunshine Kids (a nonprofit organization dedicated to children with cancer) to Six Flags Amusement park in May 2007
    • Daniels participated as an instructor in the Art Monk Football Camp in July 2006
    • In Sep. 2007, P.J. participated in the United Way Extreme Makeover Challenge, teaming with Baltimore-area businesses to make-over 6 classrooms in a local YMCA childcare facility
    • He also joined other Ravens RBs for a Thanksgiving basket distribution for Baltimore families in Nov. 2007
    • With teammate Jared Gaither, he spoke to 5th grade students at Woodholme Elementary School in May 2008
    • Full name: Prince Ahadzie Daniels, Jr.

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