Sunday, August 31, 2008

Eagles claim Daniels; jettison Boiman

The Philadelphia Eagles claimed LB Tank Daniels off waivers from the New York Giants Sunday and released LB Rocky Boiman.

The 26-year-old Daniels (6-3, 248) returns to Philadelphia after originally entering the NFL as a rookie free agent with the Eagles in 2006. He spent the first 10 weeks of his rookie season on Philadelphia’s practice squad before joining the 53-man roster prior to their game at Indianapolis on 11/26/07. Daniels went on to record nine special teams tackles in the team’s final six contests. In 2007, Daniels was a member of the Giants Super Bowl Championship team, playing in four regular season games and all four postseason contests. In the playoffs, Daniels posted three special teams tackles and a forced fumble of a kickoff return by Michael Spurlock in a Wild Card game win at Tampa Bay.

A native of Clarendon, Ark., Daniels became the first player from Division II Harding University to play in the NFL. In fact, his jersey number (#3) was retired by the school this past season.

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