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Jersey Number 49
Michael Daley
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 238
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Alpine, Utah
- High School:
- Lone Peak
Bio
Pronunciation Guide
Honors at Rice
2024
Transfer from BYU who joined the Owls for the spring semester and played in 10 of 12 games with 205 snaps on defense and 87 on special teams… Credited with 14 tackles (9/5) including 5.5 for loss (30) with three sacks (24) and a pair of forced fumbles… Led the team with two forced fumbles, which also tied for fifth in the AAC… Tied for fifth on the team with three sacks and tied for sixth with 5.5 TFL… Credited with a career-best three tackles at Tulane and vs. Navy… Added a career-high 1.5 TFL, including a 16-yard sack, and forced a fumble at Tulane… Picked up his first career sack vs. UTSA and added his third vs. Navy.
BYU
2023
Saw action in five games for BYU, playing 12 snaps on defense and 21 on special teams… Made his debut vs. Sam Houston and also saw action against Southern Utah, Arkansas, Kansas and Cincinnati.
2022
Sat out the season with an injury and was granted a medical redshirt.
2021
Was a redshirt and member of the scout team in his first year on campus.
2019-21
Served a full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Montevideo, Uruguay and Vancouver, Washington.
Lone Peak HS
Deseret News 6A MVP in 2018 for coach Bart Brockbank at Lone Star as he compiled 76 tackles, 40.5 tackles for loss, 24.5 sacks and four blocked punts and the Knights finished the season 10-3 and a state title…. Earned All-Region honors as a junior.
Personal
Duncan College
Honors at Rice
- Rice Honor Athlete 2025
- American Conference All-Academic 2025
- All-American Conference Preseason
- Phil Steele (2nd team)
- Athlon Sports (2nd team)
2024
Transfer from BYU who joined the Owls for the spring semester and played in 10 of 12 games with 205 snaps on defense and 87 on special teams… Credited with 14 tackles (9/5) including 5.5 for loss (30) with three sacks (24) and a pair of forced fumbles… Led the team with two forced fumbles, which also tied for fifth in the AAC… Tied for fifth on the team with three sacks and tied for sixth with 5.5 TFL… Credited with a career-best three tackles at Tulane and vs. Navy… Added a career-high 1.5 TFL, including a 16-yard sack, and forced a fumble at Tulane… Picked up his first career sack vs. UTSA and added his third vs. Navy.
BYU
2023
Saw action in five games for BYU, playing 12 snaps on defense and 21 on special teams… Made his debut vs. Sam Houston and also saw action against Southern Utah, Arkansas, Kansas and Cincinnati.
2022
Sat out the season with an injury and was granted a medical redshirt.
2021
Was a redshirt and member of the scout team in his first year on campus.
2019-21
Served a full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Montevideo, Uruguay and Vancouver, Washington.
Lone Peak HS
Deseret News 6A MVP in 2018 for coach Bart Brockbank at Lone Star as he compiled 76 tackles, 40.5 tackles for loss, 24.5 sacks and four blocked punts and the Knights finished the season 10-3 and a state title…. Earned All-Region honors as a junior.
Personal
Full Name: Michael Daley… Born: December 19… Parents: Neal and Julie Daley… Married, wife's name is Abbie, and they are the parents of a son (Graham) who will celebrate his first birthday during 2025 training camp...Father (Neal) played linebacker at BYU as did three of his uncles (David Nixon, Craig Bills and Taysom Hill)… Brother (John Henry) also transferred from BYU and plays defensive end at Utah... Rice major: History... Rice College: Duncan.
Duncan College
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