Dan Campbell
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| Detroit Lions — No. 89 | |
| Tight end | |
| Date of birth: April 13, 1976 | |
| Place of birth: Clifton, Texas | |
| Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | Weight: 255 lb (116 kg) |
| National Football League debut | |
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| 1999 for the New York Giants | |
| Career history | |
| College: Texas A&M | |
| NFL Draft: 1999 / Round: 3 / Pick: 79 | |
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Daniel Allen Campbell (born April 13, 1976 in Clifton, Texas) is an American football tight end.
[edit] College
As a senior at Texas A&M University in 1998, Campbell shared tight end duties with Derrick Spiller, starting at the "B" slot against Colorado and Oklahoma, at split end against Texas and at flanker in the North Texas and Baylor clashes. He finished with 12 receptions for 143 yards (11.9 avg) and a pair of touchdowns. He also added three tackles on special teams. Campbell gained 26 yards on two grabs against Iowa State and made a crunching block to open a hole used by Burnest Rhodes for a two-yard touchdown run. He caught a two-yard scoring pass against Baylor and had a 37-yard reception against Texas to set up a touchdown. In 1996, he played in every game, starting at tight end against North Texas and at split end against Texas, finishing the year with eight receptions for 103 yards (12.9 avg).
[edit] NFL
Campbell was selected with the 18th pick of the third round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the New York Giants. As a rookie with the Giants, Campbell played in 12 games with one start. The majority of his action came on special teams, but he also saw action as an extra blocker on offense. He earned his first NFL start when the Giants opened in a two tight end package against the N.Y. Jets, and his blocking helped the Giants gain a season-high 152 yards on the ground. He suffered a season-ending hamstring injury in the Friday practice prior to the Buffalo game.
The next year he started four of 16 games and finished third on the team in touchdown receptions with three, despite catching just eight passes. He also saw action in double tight end formations and on special teams in all three postseason games but did not record a postseason reception.
On the next season played in all 16 games for the second straight year, earning 13 starts. He led Giants' tight ends with 13 receptions for 148 yards and a touchdown. Nine of his 13 catches resulted in a first down. He caught at least one pass in each of the last eight games.
2002 was his best year with the Giants. Campbell's blocking was instrumental in the career-years of both Kerry Collins (4,073 yards passing, a club-record) and Tiki Barber (1,387 rushing yards, a career-high and the second best total in Giants history). Despite the addition of Pro Bowl tight end Jeremy Shockey, Campbell started all 16 games and caught 20 passes for 155 yards (a 7.8 yard average) and a touchdown.
Joined Dallas as an unrestricted free agent from the N.Y. Giants on March 10. In first season with Cowboys, appeared in 15 games with eight starts. Hauled in 20 passes for 195 yards and one touchdown. Was selected to the USA Today All-Joe team for his unselfish blocking and clutch receptions.
On 2005 he was elected offensive team captain by his teammates. Selected to receive the Cowboys 2005 Ed Block Courage Award after recovering from an appendectomy (July 27) the day the team reported to training camp. He missed the first 10 days of practice but returned to start all four preseason games. Started at San Diego when Dallas opened in a two-tight end set, his first action since injuring his foot Week 3 of the 2004 season. At Washington, he started and saw considerable action while lined up at fullback, and helped the Dallas front to not allow a sack in 36 pass plays, the first time Dallas shut out an opposing defense in the sack category since 2002. Started and saw action in two-tight end offense as well as at fullback at San Francisco while helping Cowboys allow just two sacks in 40 pass plays as offense rolled up 443 yards of total offense. For second time this season his blocking was instrumental in the offense not allowing a sack of Drew Bledsoe while the racking up 456 yards of offense vs. Philadelphia , the most since gaining 541 yards at Washington on Sept. 12, 1999. Included in that total were a season-high 167 rushing yards. Started at Seattle and helped the running game rack up 164 yards at a 4.2 yard-per-carry clip. Blocking helped lead the way as Marion Barber rushed for 127 yards and two touchdowns on 27 carries, the club’s first 100-yard rushing game of the season vs. Arizona. Recorded a kickoff return vs. Denver, a 14-yard return on a squib kick. Hauled in his biggest catch of the season with a 1-yard touchdown grab with 0:22 remaining in the game to give Dallas a 31-28 win vs. Kansas City. Run blocking at Carolina (12/24) allowed Julius Jones to rush for 194 yards, the fourth best performance in club history.
[edit] Personal
An agricultural development major, Campbell was a consensus Texas Top 100 selection while playing a variety of positions at Class 3A Glen Rose, Texas, High School. He combined for over 1,000 rushing and receiving yards as a fullback and tight end, catching 27 passes for 423 yards and five touchdowns in his final year.
