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- Daunte was a four-sport letterman in high school: football, baseball, basketball and weightlifting.
- Daunte finished his career at Vanguard with 6,107 yards and 57 TDs passing, both school records.
- Daunte truly helped re-energize the UCF football program. After his freshman season, Orlando Mayor declared the last week in August as UCF Golden Knight Football Week.
- In a 34-17 win over Idaho in 1997, Daunte rumbled 75 yards for a touchdown, the second longest run in UCF history.
- Daunte had an impressive academic career at UCF. A Secondary Education major, he made the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll, won the school’s football award on National Student-Athlete Day, and was named to the American Football Coaches Good Works Team.
- Before his senior year at UCF, Daunte took out a $2 million catastrophic injury insurance policy.
- In a win over Northern Illinois in 1998, Daunte broke Danny Wuerffel’s record for total offense in the state of Florida.
- Daunte wears #11 because he was the 11th pick in the 1999 draft.
- On opening day of the 2000 season, Daunte became the first Viking to run for three TDs since Herschel Walker in 1991.
- Daunte’s 10 rushing TDs in 2002 were the fourth-most by a QB in NFL history, trailing Steve Grogan's 12 for New England.
- The Packers and their fans were tired of watching Daunte by the end of the 2004 season. In three games against them, including a 31-17 playoff victory, he threw 11 TDs and no interceptions.
- Daunte’s name is frequently misspelled. He has suits handmade for him, and the name inside sometimes reads “Dante.”
- Daunte is involved in a lot of charitable causes. In 2003, he pledged $500,000 to the African American Adoption and Permanency Agency, which places minority children in permanent homes.
Danny Wuerffel,
1996 Street & Smith's College Football
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