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Name: Daniel Sparks (Double Transfer from Minnesota/Louisiana-Monroe)
College: Virginia
Number: 38
School Bio/Stats Link: HERE
Height: 6-6 Weight: 226
Position: Pos2: KOS
Class/Draft Year: rSr/2027
40 Low: 4.60 40 Time: 4.68 40 High: 4.76
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Data Scout Notes: X-HPFA/Back again for 26/Was Back in 2025/**Tester/44.6 Ave/42.9 Ave-23/45.9 Punt Ave-22 2025: 2ndC...2024: HMC...2023: NAC...2022: 2ndC...Double Transfer from Minnesota/Louisiana-Monroe...2021: NAC...Transfer from Louisiana-Monroe...2020: NAC
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Daniel Sparks, Virginia, Player News
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10/12 WEEK 6 ACC SPECIALIST OF THE WEEK: Daniel Sparks, 7th, P, Virginia (Gadsden, Alabama),...Averaged 52.2 yards on six punts, including a long of 72 yards, in Virginia's come-from-behind win over Syracuse...Downed three punts inside the 20-yard line, bringing his ACC-leading season total to 15...Became only the third Cavalier to record at least two punts of 70 or more yards in the same season and the second to produce 70-yard punts in back-to-back games, joining Will Brice in 1994...Leads the ACC and ranks third nationally with a 49.9-yard punting average. - ACC Football
(DS#2 P) rSr/2027  P Daniel Sparks, Virginia
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2022 ALL-ACC FOOTBALL SECOND TEAM: P - Daniel Sparks, Virginia, 97 votes,...Sparks matched the UVA single-season punting average record, with a 46.8 yard per kick average in 2022. He was named the ACC co-Specialist of the week on Nov. 15 after he punted eight times for 409 yards against Pitt. He had three 60+ yard punts in the contest, the only UVA punter ever with three 60-yarders in a game. Of his 46 punts on the year 12 landed inside the 20 and 14 were 50 or more yards. - Virginia Football
(DS#2 P) rSr/2027 P Daniel Sparks, Virginia
News Source: Virginia Football
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Embarking on his third school in three years, Daniel Sparks is eagerly seeking to recapture some of the same the feel that unlocked the success during his first stop. Sparks, a transfer punter with four seasons of eligibility remaining, committed to Virg inia on Tuesday night and will join the Cavaliers next month in preparation for their nearing campaign. "What it came down to was they have a really good situation for me," Sparks said Wednesday morning, "and I absolutely love the coaches." Sparks said h e visited UVa last weekend and was able to meet special teams coordinator Keith Gaither as well as special teams analyst Drew Meyer, who served as Sparks' lead recruiter.Meyer punted in college at Wisconsin, and Sparks said he appreciates that UVa has someone on staff that can relate to everything he's going through during the course of a season. Sparks spent last year at Minnesota, where he didn't see any action, but began his career at Louisiana-Monroe, where his 44.6 yards per punt during his rookie season was the second-best average in the Sun Belt Conference in 2020. - Charlottesville Daily Progress
(DS#2 P) rSr/2027 P Daniel Sparks, Virginia
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The Gophers added a specialist to its 2021 roster, a walk-on transfer. Daniel Sparks finished his true freshman season at Louisiana-Monroe where he handled kickoffs and punts. His 33 kickoffs went an average of about 53 yards, while his 30 punts averaged about 45 yards, including five of more than 50 yards. His longest was 63 yards. The 6-6 Alabama native joins a Gophers team that has perennially struggled on special teams. - Minneapolis Star Tribune
(DS#2 P) rSr/2027 P Daniel Sparks, Virginia
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The Gophers football program added transfer punter Daniel Sparks on Tuesday. As a freshman at Louisiana Monroe this fall, Sparks averaged 44.6 yards on 30 punts, landing five inside the 20-yard line and six going 50-plus yards. His average was second-bes t in the Sun Belt Conference last season. Sparks, who is 6-foot-6, also had 33 kickoffs, with six touchbacks. - Pioneer Press
(DS#2 P) rSr/2027 P Daniel Sparks, Virginia
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