Linebacker, Penn State, 2004–07
Dan Connor
- Hometown
- Wallingford, PA
- Born
- Nov 2, 1985
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Dan Connor played linebacker at Penn State (2004–07). He won the 2007 Chuck Bednarik Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2007. The Carolina Panthers took Connor in round 3, No. 74 overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
- 2006Second-team All-Big Ten
- 2007Chuck Bednarik Award
- 2007Consensus All‑American
- 2007First-team All-Big Ten
Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2005
All-America: consensus 2007; Sporting News 2006; AP second team 2006; Pro Football Weekly 2006
Defense
| Season | Team | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 2004‡ | Penn State | 1 |
| 2006 | Penn State | 2 |
| 2007 | Penn State | 1 |
| Career | 4 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). ‡ Short by one game in 2004 (Nov 13 at Indiana): the source has no box score for it. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 9 | 38 | 38 | 76 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2006 | 13 | 70 | 43 | 113 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 13 | 69 | 76 | 145 | 15 | 6.5 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| On file | 177 | 157 | 334 | 29.5 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 3 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
Game by game
2007 Penn State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27 | vs. Ohio State | L 17–37 | 1 |
2006 Penn State 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 | atOhio State | L 6–28 | 1 |
| Oct 28 | at Purdue | W 12–0 | 1 |
2004 Penn State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18 | vs. UCF | W 37–13 | 1 |
No box score in the source for Nov 13 at Indiana, so that game is not listed.
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2008 | Combine or pro day 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2⅜″ | |
| Weight | 231 lb | |
| Arm length | 32⅛″ | |
| Hand size | 8⅞″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.67 sW | |
| 10-yard split | 1.58 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 35″W | |
| Broad jump | 9′7″W | |
| Bench press | 21 repsW | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.78 sW | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.25 sW |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
6 seasons, 54 games with a stat; latest team: Carolina Panthers.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Carolina Panthers | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | Carolina Panthers | 13 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | Carolina Panthers | 7 | 40 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | Carolina Panthers | 15 | 70 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | Dallas Cowboys | 13 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Carolina Panthers | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 54 | 187 | 1 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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