Kansas State University Athletics
2021 Football
Imatorbhebhe, Daniel
Jersey Number 0
Daniel Imatorbhebhe
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 240
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Suwanee, Ga.
- High School:
- North Gwinnett
- Prev School:
- Illinois
Bio
CAREER: Played one season at K-State, his seventh year in college football and his fourth school... Played in 38 career games with 10 starts over his years at USC, Illinois and K-State.
2021: Played in 12 games, including a start against Southern Illinois... Totaled 12 receptions for a career-high 314 yards and two touchdowns on the year... Recorded a pair of long touchdown receptions, going 68 yards against Nevada and 73 yards against TCU... His 73-yard catch and run against the Horned Frogs was the second-longest by a tight end in school history... One of only three tight ends in the nation with two receptions of at least 65 yards during the 2021 season, while he was the first K-State tight end to do so since at least 1977.
2020 AT ILLINOIS: Played the 2020 season at Illinois with his brother, Josh, after both transferred from USC... Played in seven games, hauling in three receptions for 54 yards... Hauled in a 28-yard touchdown reception against Purdue.
2019 AT USC: Sat out the 2019 season while continuing to recover from a leg injury.
2018 AT USC: Sat out the 2018 season with a leg injury... Won USC’s Community Service Award.
2017 AT USC: Played in nine games with four starts after battling through an early-season injury... His four starts came in the final four games of the season against Colorado, UCLA, Stanford in the Pac-12 Championship and Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl... Tallied eight receptions for 144 yards... Had a season-high two catches on three occasions... Hauled in a career-long reception of 48 yards to help the Trojans win the Pac-12 Championship... Brought in a 14-yard catch in the red zone that led to a USC touchdown in the Cotton Bowl against Ohio State.
2016 AT USC: Played in all 13 games with five starts in his first collegiate season... Tallied 17 catches for 250 yards and four touchdowns en route to earning Second Team Freshman All-America honors from Campus Insiders and Honorable Mention All-Pac-12 accolades... Set career highs in catches (5) and yards (78) at Washington, which included an eight-yard touchdown... Had two grabs for 45 yards – including a 32-yard score – against Colorado... Also tallied touchdown receptions against Arizona and California.
2015 AT USC: Sat out the 2015 season due to NCAA transfer rules... Originally signed with Florida out of high school and went through spring practices with the Gators prior to transferring to USC in the fall of 2015.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at North Gwinnett under head coach Bob Sphire... Totaled 855 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns on 63 catches during his prep career... Had a great senior campaign when he had 487 yards and eight scores... Picked up all-district honors as a senior... Helped lead the Bulldogs to the Class AAAAAA state championship game...Also played basketball.
PERSONAL: Daniel Imatorbhebhe (EE-mat-or-bay-bay) was born December 9, 1996... Brother, Josh, was teammates with Daniel at both USC and Illinois and signed a rookie free agent deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars prior to the 2021 season... Received his bachelor’s degree in social sciences (economics) in the summer of 2018 from USC.
2021: Played in 12 games, including a start against Southern Illinois... Totaled 12 receptions for a career-high 314 yards and two touchdowns on the year... Recorded a pair of long touchdown receptions, going 68 yards against Nevada and 73 yards against TCU... His 73-yard catch and run against the Horned Frogs was the second-longest by a tight end in school history... One of only three tight ends in the nation with two receptions of at least 65 yards during the 2021 season, while he was the first K-State tight end to do so since at least 1977.
2020 AT ILLINOIS: Played the 2020 season at Illinois with his brother, Josh, after both transferred from USC... Played in seven games, hauling in three receptions for 54 yards... Hauled in a 28-yard touchdown reception against Purdue.
2019 AT USC: Sat out the 2019 season while continuing to recover from a leg injury.
2018 AT USC: Sat out the 2018 season with a leg injury... Won USC’s Community Service Award.
2017 AT USC: Played in nine games with four starts after battling through an early-season injury... His four starts came in the final four games of the season against Colorado, UCLA, Stanford in the Pac-12 Championship and Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl... Tallied eight receptions for 144 yards... Had a season-high two catches on three occasions... Hauled in a career-long reception of 48 yards to help the Trojans win the Pac-12 Championship... Brought in a 14-yard catch in the red zone that led to a USC touchdown in the Cotton Bowl against Ohio State.
2016 AT USC: Played in all 13 games with five starts in his first collegiate season... Tallied 17 catches for 250 yards and four touchdowns en route to earning Second Team Freshman All-America honors from Campus Insiders and Honorable Mention All-Pac-12 accolades... Set career highs in catches (5) and yards (78) at Washington, which included an eight-yard touchdown... Had two grabs for 45 yards – including a 32-yard score – against Colorado... Also tallied touchdown receptions against Arizona and California.
2015 AT USC: Sat out the 2015 season due to NCAA transfer rules... Originally signed with Florida out of high school and went through spring practices with the Gators prior to transferring to USC in the fall of 2015.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at North Gwinnett under head coach Bob Sphire... Totaled 855 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns on 63 catches during his prep career... Had a great senior campaign when he had 487 yards and eight scores... Picked up all-district honors as a senior... Helped lead the Bulldogs to the Class AAAAAA state championship game...Also played basketball.
PERSONAL: Daniel Imatorbhebhe (EE-mat-or-bay-bay) was born December 9, 1996... Brother, Josh, was teammates with Daniel at both USC and Illinois and signed a rookie free agent deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars prior to the 2021 season... Received his bachelor’s degree in social sciences (economics) in the summer of 2018 from USC.
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