Danny O'Donnell

Defensive Back
Senior
5-7, 165, Elk Grove Village, Ill. (Elk Grove)

The switch last year from offense to defense was good for us and good for Danny…I think he was one of the better cornerbacks in the league…a great, overall athlete and a guy who will make big plays.
- Coach Rucks

2007:  Played in nine-of-10 games and made four starts at cornerback…collected 31 tackles (29 solo, 2 assisted), including two tackles-for-loss…tied for second in CCIW interceptions (three in seven league games)…forced one fumble and broke up four passes…scored a touchdown on a 40-yard pass from Donovan Moore on a fake punt in the Nov. 3 Wheaton (Ill.) game…team’s second-leading kick returner at 18.3 yards and team’s second-leading punt returner at 8.3 yards.

2006:  Played in all 10 games and made four starts…caught 22 passes for a team-leading 323 yards, including seven passes for 111 yards at Augustana (Ill.) on Oct. 21…career-longest catch of 53 yards versus Millikin on Oct. 28…returned eight kickoffs and averaged 7.6 yards per return…returned seven punts and averaged 18.7 yards per return.

2005:  Played in nine-of-10 games…caught 14 passes for 109 yards and two touchdowns…returned nine punts and averaged 5.3 yards per return…returned one kickoff for 34 yards in the Sept. 10 Lakeland game.

High School:  Named All-Mid-Suburban League his senior year on an 11-1 team…coached by Bruce Bazsali…three-year member of the basketball team and two years in baseball…honor student.

Personal:  Business administration major…brother of teammate and fellow-wide receiver B.J. O’Donnell…named to the Carthage dean’s list three times and a two-semester member of  the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Feb. 21, 1987.