Shawn Daniels (born September 3, 1966) is a Canadian former Canadian football

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who played fourteen seasons in the Canadian Football League with the Saskatchewan Roughriders,

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, Calgary Stampeders,

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and Toronto Argonauts. He was drafted by the

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in the third round of the

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. He played

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at Bowling Green State University.

Professional career

Daniels was selected by the

of the CFL with the nineteenth pick in the

. He was traded, along with a first round pick in the

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, to the Saskatchewan Roughriders for

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in August 1988. Shawn played in ten games for the Roughriders during the 1989 season. He played in fifty games for the CFL's

from 1990 to 1993. He played in twelve games for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1994. Daniels played in 24 games for the Calgary Stampeders of the CFL from 1994 to 1995. He played in twelve games for the Ottawa Rough Riders during the 1996 season. He was selected by the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the 1997 CFL Dispersal Draft due to the Ottawa Rough Riders folding. Daniels played in 43 games for the Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1997 to 1999. He played in 33 games for the

of the CFL from 2000 to 2001. He played in seventeen games for the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL during the 2002 season.

References

External links

Just Sports Stats
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