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Dan Feeney

  • Height:
    6-4
  • Weight:
    310
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Orland Park, Ill.
  • High School:
    Carl Sandburg

Two-time captain Dan Feeney (2015-16) became just the fourth player in program history to earn first team All-America status twice and just the third to earn first team honors in back-to-back seasons: Anthony Thompson (1988-89), John Isenbarger (1967-68) and Pete Pihos (1943, 45). He started the first 41 games of his career at right guard and the final five at right tackle. In those 46 games, Feeney allowed just two sacks in 3,355 snaps.   
 
2016 Honors: Associated Press first team All-American ... also earned All-America recognition from Scout.com (1st team), Walter Camp Football Foundation (2nd team), CBS Sports (2nd team) and Athlon Sports (2nd team) ... first team All-Big Ten (coaches and media) ... named to the Outland Trophy and Rotary Lombardi Award Watch Lists ... honored as Indiana’s Anthony Thompson Most Valuable Player ... team captain ... earned the team’s Chris Dal Sasso Award (Outstanding Lineman).
 
2016 (Senior): Surrendered one sack in 310 called pass attempts ... finished with a team-best 58 knockdowns in 636 snaps ... started four games at right guard and five at right tackle ... Indiana ranked second in the Big Ten in passing offense (273.8) and third in total offense (426.0) ... Devine Redding became the fourth Hoosier to record back-to-back 1,000-yard rushing seasons and the first since Vaughn Dunbar (1990-91) ... on IU's single-season list, Richard Lagow’s passing yardage (3,362) ranks second, attempts (438) third, and completions (253) and total offense (3,174) fourth ... consensus preseason first team All-American ... during the offseason, recognized as the 37th-best player in the country by ESPN, the 10th-best senior by NFL.com and the top guard in the country by Phil Steele, Lindy’s, USA Today and 247Sports ... two-time IU offensive player of the week (Maryland and Penn State) ... nine-time game captain.
 
2015 Honors: ESPN.com first team All-American ... also earned All-America recognition from CBS Sports, the Associated Press and Sports Illustrated ... first team All-Big Ten ... named to the Outland Trophy and Rotary Lombardi Award Watch Lists ... IU’s Offensive Teammate of the Year ... team captain.
 
2015 (Junior): Did not allow a sack in 475 called pass attempts ... finished with a team-best 102 knockdowns in 1,069 snaps ... started all 13 games at right guard ... Indiana finished first in the Big Ten in total offense, passing offense and scoring offense, while placing second in rushing offense ... the Hoosiers became the first team since Ohio State in 1995 to lead the league in total, passing and scoring offense ... IU led the conference in scoring offense for the first time since the Big Ten began using the entire season as the statistical champion in 1985 ... Indiana had not led the league in total offense since 1988 ... the Hoosiers became the fourth college football team to have a 3,500-yard passer, a pair of 1,000-yard running backs and a 1,000-yard receiver in the same year ... IU was one of only two Power Five conference teams with two 1,000-yard running backs (Baylor) ... the offensive line allowed 13 sacks, tied for the seventh-fewest nationally ... Indiana set single-season school records with 475 total points, 6,556 total yards, 3,820 passing yards, 337 first downs and 168 passing first downs ... two-time IU offensive player of the week (Wake Forest and Michigan) ... six-time game captain.
 
2014 Honors: Honorable mention All-Big Ten (coaches and media) ... earned the team’s Hoosier Iron Award (Outstanding Weight Room Performance).
 
2014 (Sophomore): Started all 12 games at right guard ... allowed just one sack in 801 snaps ... led the linemen with 80 knockdowns ... the team set a program single-season record with 3,163 rushing yards ... Indiana averaged 263.6 rushing yards per game (9th nationally, 3rd in the Big Ten) and 405.0 total yards (5th in the Big Ten) ... the Hoosiers gained 200 yards 10 times (T-9th nationally, 3rd in the Big Ten), averaged 5.9 yards per carry (8th nationally, 2nd in the Big Ten) and scored 29 times on the ground ... Tevin Coleman became the 18th player in FBS history to rush for 2,000 yards (2,036), which set a school record, is 16th on the FBS all-time list and sixth in Big Ten history ... Coleman was Indiana’s third unanimous and consensus All-American and finished seventh in Heisman Trophy voting ... IU offensive player of the week (Bowling Green).
 
2013: Suffered a season-ending foot injury during preseason camp and received a medical redshirt.
 
2012 Honors: FoxSportsNext.com/Scout.com Freshman All-America first team member ... received honorable mention All-Big Ten from the league’s coaches and media ... CollegeFootballNews.com Freshman All-American honorable mention ... ESPN.com Big Ten All-Freshman team ... 247Sports honorable mention All-Big Ten ... BTN.com honorable mention All-Big Ten Freshman team.
 
2012 (Freshman): Started all 12 games at right guard ... did not surrender a sack in 935 snaps and finished second on the team with 54 knockdowns ... offensive line led the Big Ten allowing just one sack every 31.8 pass attempts ... line did not allow a sack in five games and surrendered just one sack twice ... team led the Big Ten in passing offense (311.2), finished second in total offense (442.0) and fourth in scoring offense (30.8).

Prep/Personal: Offensive and defensive tackle for head coach Dave Wierzal at Sandburg High School ... earned Southtown Star, Regional News and Orland Park Prairie All-Area honors during his career ... also captured second team all-state and all-conference recognition ... recipient of the team’s Extra Effort Award ... rated the No. 16 prospect in Illinois by Rivals ... four-year football and one-year volleyball letterwinner ... earned the Athletic Booster Award (3.0-plus grade point average) all four years ... volunteered at bible school and Erin’s Walk for Change ... parents are Tony and Kim Feeney ... born on May 29, 1994, Daniel James Feeney graduated in May 2016 with a degree in exercise science.