No. 77 – Baltimore Ravens | |||||
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Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||
Personal information | |||||
Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 9 November 1999||||
Height: | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||
Weight: | 380 lb (172 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
High school: |
IMG Academy ( Bradenton, Florida) | ||||
College: | Minnesota (2018–2021) | ||||
NFL draft: | 2022 / Round: 4 / Pick: 110 | ||||
Career history | |||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||
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Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Daniel Faalele ( /fɑːɑːˈleɪleɪ/ fah-ah-LAY-lay; [1] born 9 November 1999) is an Australian professional American football offensive tackle for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Minnesota.
Faalele was born on 9 November 1999 in Melbourne, Victoria, to a Samoan father and Tongan mother. [2] [3] According to a 2017 USA Today article, his father was 6'4" (1.94 m) tall, weighing 290 pounds (131 kg). [4] Faalele played basketball and rugby union as a youth [5] until a member of the coaching staff of the University of Hawaiʻi football team discovered him while scouting players in Australia. [6]
After participating in a local satellite camp run by Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh and garnering interest from multiple Division I programs, Faalele was recruited to play football at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. [7] After only practising and learning the sport in 2016, he was a starter on IMG's offensive line in 2017 as the team went undefeated and he was selected to play in the 2018 Under Armour All-America Game. [8] Faalele was rated a four star prospect and committed to play college football at Minnesota over offers from Alabama, Florida State, Georgia, LSU and Michigan. [9]
Faalele played in 10 games as a true freshman, starting the final eight games of the season at right tackle and was named honourable mention All-Big Ten Conference. [10] Following the season, he was listed as one of Australia's 50 Greatest Living Athletes by GQ Australia. [11] Faalele started 11 games at right tackle and was again named honorable mention All-Big Ten as a sophomore. [12] As a junior in 2020, Faalele opted out of the season due to the COVID-19 crisis. Despite projections that Faalele would enter the 2021 NFL Draft, he decided to stay with Minnesota for his senior year. [13] On 28 December 2021, in his final college game, he scored his first career touchdown in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl against West Virginia, with a two-yard run up the middle. [14]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 8+1⁄8 in (2.04 m) |
384 lb (174 kg) |
35+1⁄8 in (0.89 m) |
11 in (0.28 m) |
5.60 s | 2.04 s | 3.25 s | 5.06 s | 8.47 s | 29.5 in (0.75 m) |
7 ft 10 in (2.39 m) |
24 reps | |
All values from NFL Combine/ Pro Day [15] [16] [17] |
Faalele was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth round, 110th overall, of the 2022 NFL Draft. [18] At 174 kilograms (384 lb), Faalele became the heaviest rostered player in the NFL. [19]
No. 77 – Baltimore Ravens | |||||
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Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||
Personal information | |||||
Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 9 November 1999||||
Height: | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||
Weight: | 380 lb (172 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
High school: |
IMG Academy ( Bradenton, Florida) | ||||
College: | Minnesota (2018–2021) | ||||
NFL draft: | 2022 / Round: 4 / Pick: 110 | ||||
Career history | |||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||
| |||||
Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||
| |||||
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Daniel Faalele ( /fɑːɑːˈleɪleɪ/ fah-ah-LAY-lay; [1] born 9 November 1999) is an Australian professional American football offensive tackle for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Minnesota.
Faalele was born on 9 November 1999 in Melbourne, Victoria, to a Samoan father and Tongan mother. [2] [3] According to a 2017 USA Today article, his father was 6'4" (1.94 m) tall, weighing 290 pounds (131 kg). [4] Faalele played basketball and rugby union as a youth [5] until a member of the coaching staff of the University of Hawaiʻi football team discovered him while scouting players in Australia. [6]
After participating in a local satellite camp run by Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh and garnering interest from multiple Division I programs, Faalele was recruited to play football at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. [7] After only practising and learning the sport in 2016, he was a starter on IMG's offensive line in 2017 as the team went undefeated and he was selected to play in the 2018 Under Armour All-America Game. [8] Faalele was rated a four star prospect and committed to play college football at Minnesota over offers from Alabama, Florida State, Georgia, LSU and Michigan. [9]
Faalele played in 10 games as a true freshman, starting the final eight games of the season at right tackle and was named honourable mention All-Big Ten Conference. [10] Following the season, he was listed as one of Australia's 50 Greatest Living Athletes by GQ Australia. [11] Faalele started 11 games at right tackle and was again named honorable mention All-Big Ten as a sophomore. [12] As a junior in 2020, Faalele opted out of the season due to the COVID-19 crisis. Despite projections that Faalele would enter the 2021 NFL Draft, he decided to stay with Minnesota for his senior year. [13] On 28 December 2021, in his final college game, he scored his first career touchdown in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl against West Virginia, with a two-yard run up the middle. [14]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 8+1⁄8 in (2.04 m) |
384 lb (174 kg) |
35+1⁄8 in (0.89 m) |
11 in (0.28 m) |
5.60 s | 2.04 s | 3.25 s | 5.06 s | 8.47 s | 29.5 in (0.75 m) |
7 ft 10 in (2.39 m) |
24 reps | |
All values from NFL Combine/ Pro Day [15] [16] [17] |
Faalele was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth round, 110th overall, of the 2022 NFL Draft. [18] At 174 kilograms (384 lb), Faalele became the heaviest rostered player in the NFL. [19]