Daniel Federkeil
| No. 65 Calgary Stampeders | |||||||
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| Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||||
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| Date of birth: | November 9, 1983 | ||||||
| Place of birth: | Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 290 lb (132 kg) | ||||||
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| College: | Calgary | ||||||
| CFL draft: | 2006 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5 | ||||||
| Undrafted: | 2006 | ||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||
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| Games played: | 26 |
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| Games started: | 3 |
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Daniel Hubert Federkeil (born November 9, 1983) is a professional Canadian football offensive tackle for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played CIS football with the Calgary Dinos, and was drafted fifth overall by the Toronto Argonauts in the 2006 CFL Draft, but signed with the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League shortly thereafter. He would later assist the Colts in winning Super Bowl XLI over the Chicago Bears.
Federkeil retired from professional football in 2009 following a series of concussions, but returned to sign with the Stampeders in 2013 after his CFL rights were traded.
He played college football at Calgary. He played in four games as freshman…had three tackles and was the youngest player ever to dress for the university at 17 years and two months old. He was a five-year player who was standout on defensive line who had 111 career tackles, 20 for losses, and 13 sacks and started eight games as fifth-year senior. Was scouted by Indianapolis Colts scout Cal Murphy, who saw his potential as an offensive lineman when Federkeil was called in to play end on short yardage situations.
In his fifth year, he totaled 31 tackles, 12 for losses, 4 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, 1 fumble recovery and 4 passes defensed.
He was Canada West nominee for J.P. Metras trophy as CIS Lineman-of-the-Year and was unanimous conference All-Star and second-team All-Canadian choice. He was named University of Calgary Athlete-of-the-Year in 2006. He was one of two CIS players in East-West Shrine Game. In 2005, he was team nominee for Lineman-of-the-Year and was second team CIS All-Canadian. He started seven games as sophomore and had 14 tackles, five for losses, four sacks, two FF and one blocked FG.
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