Danny Amendola
 Amendola to the Patriots (2017) |
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| Detroit Lions - No. 80 | |
| Wide receiver | |
| Date of birth: November 2, 1985 | |
| Place of birth: The Woodlands , Texas | |
| Size: 1.80 m | Weight: 86 kg |
| NFL debut | |
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| 2009 for the St. Louis Rams | |
| Career | |
| College : Texas Tech | |
| Not drafted in 2008 | |
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Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season |
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| Captured passports | 547 |
| Captive yards | 5,362 |
| entire touchdowns | 23 |
| Return yards | 5,396 |
| Statistics at NFL.com | |
| Statistics at pro-football-reference.com | |
Daniel James "Danny" Amendola (born November 2, 1985 in The Woodlands , Texas ) is an American American football player in the position of wide receiver and kickoff returner . He has played for the Detroit Lions in the NFL since 2019 . In 2008, the Dallas Cowboys initially signed him as an undrafted free agent , before he came to his first NFL appearances in 2009 with the St. Louis Rams . With the New England Patriots he won the Super Bowl XLIX and the Super Bowl LI . He played college football at Texas Tech .
Career
Early years
Amendola was at The Woodlands High School in The Woodlands, Texas, a suburb of Houston . He played football under coach Rick McDougald. He ended his high school career trying to lead his team to the first Texas State Championship game. Amendola finished his senior season with 1,045 receiving yards, 129 rushing yards and 8 touchdowns .
College career
Amendola finished his college career at Texas Tech with 204 catches for 2,246 yards and 15 touchdowns. He also delivered 116 punt returns for 1,283 yards and a touchdown. An average of 11.06 yards per return put him in third place in school history. Only Wes Welker and Tyrone Thurman placed in front of him. His best year was his senior year, in which he caught 109 passes for 1,245 yards and scored 6 touchdowns.
NFL
Dallas Cowboys
Amendola signed an Undrafted Free Agent contract with the Dallas Cowboys on April 27, 2008. Amendola was released from the team on August 30, but was later reassigned to the Practice Squad . He spent the entire 2008 season in the Practice Squad.
Philadelphia Eagles
After his contract with the Dallas Cowboys expired, he was inducted into the Practice Squad of the Philadelphia Eagles on January 6, 2009 . On January 19th he was accepted into the team, finally released on September 5th, to be reinstated in the Practice Squad on September 6th.
St. Louis Rams
On September 22, 2009 Amendola was signed by the St. Louis Rams. In the 2009 season he caught 43 passes for 326 yards and scored a touchdown as a slot receiver. He returned 66 kickoffs for 1,618 yards and 31 punt returns for 360 yards. In 2010 he started in six games. In the 2010 season, he led the NFL in all-purpose yards with 2,364. On September 16, 2012 Amendola caught 12 throws in the first half. With this achievement he drew level with Reggie Wayne, who set the record in 2007. On October 6, 2012, Amendola contracted a dislocated collarbone. In this rare case, the collarbone pushed inward and nearly injured the aorta and trachea. It could have killed him by millimeters. No other player in the NFL had suffered such an injury before, leaving the St. Louis Rams medical team unresponsive at first. In the end, he was able to heal his injury after only 3 weeks.
New England Patriots
On March 13, 2013, just hours after Wes Welker to the Denver Broncos moved, signed Amendola a five year contract for 28.5 million dollars at the New England Patriots. During his first week with the New England Patriots, he suffered a groin injury. He came back after half-time but ended the game with ten catches for 104 yards. Amendola became the 50th receiver to ever catch a touchdown pass from Tom Brady . It happened on November 3, 2013 in the first quarter against the Pittsburgh Steelers . He finished the 2013 season with 54 catches for 633 yards and two touchdowns. He placed himself behind Julian Edelman. In the 2014 season, he caught just 27 passes for 200 yards and scored a touchdown. In the Divisional Round game against the Baltimore Ravens , however, he caught five passes for 81 yards and scored two touchdowns, one of which was a 51-yard touchdown pass from wide receiver Julian Edelman . In the Super Bowl 49 win , he caught five passes for 48 yards and scored a touchdown. On September 27, 2015, at Week 3, Amendola caught Tom Brady's 400th career touchdown pass. On October 25th, in the game against the New York Jets , he made one of his best appearances for the New England Patriots with eight catches for 86 yards and a touchdown.
Miami Dolphins
After his contract with the Patriots, Amendola signed a two-year contract with the Miami Dolphins . Here he was only able to catch 59 passes for 575 yards and a touchdown in 15 games. He was then released on March 8, 2019.
Detroit Lions
On March 10, 2019, he signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Lions . In the 2019 season he was on the Lions' starting line-up in nine games . Amendola caught 62 passes for 678 yards of space and scored a touchdown . Before the 2020 season , he signed another one-year contract in Detroit.
Individual evidence
- ^ Danny Amendola Pro Football reference. In: pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved February 16, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Player Bio: Danny Amendola. (No longer available online.) Texas Tech University , archived from the original on February 3, 2016 ; Retrieved January 25, 2016 .
- ↑ 2003 High School Statistics , highlanderfootball.net. August 6, 2008 (PDF)
- ↑ Danny Amendola intents to leave Pats, signed with Dolphins. ESPN , March 13, 2018, accessed on May 24, 2018 (English): "Wide receiver Danny Amendola intends to leave the New England Patriots to sign with the Miami Dolphins [...] He will receive a two-year deal."
- ^ Dolphins release Danny Amendola after one season. Retrieved March 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Dave Burkett: Detroit Lions sign wide receiver Danny Amendola to one-year deal , Detroit Free Press, March 11, 2019, accessed March 11, 2019.
- ↑ Adam Maya: Lions re-sign WR Danny Amendola for 1-year deal on nfl.com. February 22, 2020, accessed on February 24, 2020.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Amendola, Danny |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Amendola, Daniel James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player on the position of wide receiver and kickoff returner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd November 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | The Woodlands , Texas |