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Published on: 12/18/2006
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Bobby Anderson and Brian Daniels
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BOULDER, Colo. - University of Colorado senior offensive lineman Brian Daniels has returned from New York City where he was honored as one of the National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award winners and a finalist for the prestigious Vincent Draddy Award, given annually to the scholar-athlete who is recognized as the best in the country for combined academic success, football performance and exemplary community leadership.
Daniels flew into New York Monday where he met the other 16 finalists and attended the Radio City Christmas Spectacular with a performance by the Rockettes.
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"It was awesome meeting all of those guys," Daniels said."They look a lot different without pads on and they are a lot older than I remember, but I got to talk some football with them."
The awards dinner was held at the Waldorf-Astoria where Daniels and the rest of the players stayed.
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"The National Football Foundation community initiatives make me proud to be a part of this Hall of Fame class, and scholar-athletes like Brian Daniels make this all worth while," said Anderson at the Hall of Fame press conference.
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Daniels, a Finance major with a 3.6 GPA, was an honorable mention All-Big 12 selection in 2006, his final season at CU.Named a captain at the start of the season, Daniels was the leader on an offense which went through a complete schematic overhaul after head coach Dan Hawkins was hired.
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Daniels is the recipient of an $18,000 scholarship for his postgraduate studies.He plans on attending law school once his football career is over.
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"When I won the award and was invited to this event I didn't know how big of a deal it was," Daniels said.
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