2023 SEASON: Played in all 17 games, punting 57 times for 2,634 yards (46.2-yard gross average, 39.7-yard net average) with 18 punts inside the 20 and a long of 68 yards…His average of 46.2 yards per punt was the second-best single-season mark in team history behind only Bojorquez (46.5 avg. in 2021)…Posted 22 punts of 50-plus yards, tied for the third most in a season by a Green Bay punter since 2000 behind only Ryan (24 in 2006) and Vogel (23 in 2017)...Appeared in both playoff games, punting four times for 155 yards (38.8-yard gross/net average) with three punts inside the 20…At Chicago (Sept. 10): Made his NFL debut and became the first Irish-born player to play in the NFL since O'Donoghue in 1985. Punted five times for 249 yards (49.8-yard gross average, 38.6-yard net average), placing one inside the 20. Posted a season-long 68-yard punt, the longest by a player in his NFL debut since Seahawks P Michael Dickson recorded a 69-yarder at Denver on Sept. 9, 2018...At Atlanta (Sept. 17): Punted four times for 199 yards, averaging 49.8 yards (39.8-yard net average) with a long of 59 yards…Vs. New Orleans (Sept. 24): Punted four times for 153 yards (38.3-yard average), landing two punts inside the 20…Vs. Detroit (Sept. 28): Punted five times for 259 yards, averaging a career-high 51.8 yards with a career-best 46.4-yard net average…Vs. Minnesota (Oct. 29): Punted four times for 207 yards (51.8 avg.) with a career-high three punts of 55-plus yards (59, 55, 55), the most in a game by a Packer since Bojorquez had three at Kansas City on Nov. 7, 2021…At Detroit (Nov. 23): Punted four times for 152 yards, averaging 38.0 yards (38.0-yard net average) and landing a career-high four punts inside the 20. Became the first punter in team history (since 1976) to have four-plus punts in a game and place all of them inside the 20. Three of his four punts landed inside the 10, making him the first Green Bay punter to place three punts inside the 10-yard line in a game since Tim Masthay on Oct. 23, 2011…Vs. Kansas City (Dec. 3): Punted twice for 76 yards (38.0-yard gross/net average) with a long of 40 yards. Placed both punts inside the 20, giving him six straight punts placed inside the 20-yard line. Placed multiple punts inside the 20 in his third straight game, the longest streak by a Green Bay punter since JK Scott in 2019 (five straight, Weeks 13-17)…At Dallas (NFC Wild Card, Jan. 14): Punted three times for 113 yards (37.7-yard gross/net average) with a long of 40 yards. Placed all three punts inside the 20, tied for the third most by a Packer in a playoff game.
2022: Signed with the Saints as an undrafted free agent on May 13, 2022...Was released by New Orleans on July 26.
COLLEGE: Played in 47 games in five seasons (2017-21) at UC-Davis, finishing his career ranked No. 1 in school history in punting average (44.0) and punts inside the 20 (86)…Punted 206 times in his career for 9,067 yards (44.0 avg.), including 63 punts of 50-plus yards…Also kicked off 103 times in his career with 54 touchbacks (52.4 pct.)…Earned his degree in sustainable environmental design…2021: Appeared in all 12 games and posted a school-record 46.3-yard average on 55 punts with 20 punts placed inside the 20…Earned second-team All-America honors from Stats Perform and HERO Sports and second-team All-Big Sky Conference recognition…Registered a career-high 21 punts of 50-plus yards on the season…Also recorded a career-best 37 touchbacks on 68 kickoffs (61.9 pct.)…Posted a career-high eight touchbacks on nine kickoffs at San Diego (Sept. 11)…Registered a 51.8-yard average on four punts at Idaho State (Oct. 9), with all four going for 50-plus yards…Averaged 55.3 yards on three punts at Northern Arizona (Nov. 6) and matched his career high with eight touchbacks on nine kickoffs…2020/2021: Appeared in all five games in the 2020 season that was played in the spring of 2021 due to COVID-19, punting 17 times for 815 yards, a 47.9-yard average that led the Big Sky…Earned first-team All-America honors from Stats Perform, AFCA, HERO Sports and Phil Steele's College Football, was a finalist for FCS Punter of the Year and earned first-team All-Big Sky recognition…Placed eight of his 17 punts inside the 20 with seven punts of 50-plus yards…Also kicked off 30 times and posted 16 touchbacks (53.3 pct.)…Registered a season-best 52.0-yard average on five punts vs. Idaho State (March 27), including a career-long 67-yarder…2019: Played in all 12 games, averaging 44.1 yards on 57 punts with 23 placed inside the 20…Earned third-team All-Big Sky honors from both the coaches and Phil Steele's College Football…Registered 17 punts of 50-plus yards on the season, including on all four of his punts at North Dakota State (Sept. 21) when he averaged 55.3 yards…2018: Appeared in all 13 contests, averaging 41.1 yards on 67 punts with a career-high 31 placed inside the 20 on his way to earning All-Big Sky honorable mention…Posted a career-high six punts placed inside the 20 on seven punts at Eastern Washington (Dec. 8)…2017: Played in five games as a true freshman, punting 10 times for 440 yards (44.0 avg.) with four punts placed inside the 20…Also kicked off five times with one touchback (20.0 pct.).
PERSONAL: Given name Daniel Whelan; born in Dublin, Ireland…Last name is pronounced WEE-lan…Moved to California with his mother when he was 13 years old…High school: Earned All-Southern Section and All-DeAnza League honors in both of his final two years at Rancho Mirage (Calif.) High School…Averaged 43.8 yards per punt as a senior, placing 22 of his 37 punts inside the 20…Also made 22 career field goals, including five of 50-plus yards, and 113 of 116 extra points (97.4 pct.)…Also played tennis for three seasons, earning league MVP as a senior after going undefeated in singles, and soccer for two seasons…Community involvement: Helped raise money at a high school football game for the Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation as part of the Packers Vs. Cancer initiative.
