2008 Football Roster
Roster
Lincoln, Daniel

Jersey Number 26
Daniel Lincoln
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 204
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Ocala, Fla.
- High School:
- Forest
Bio
Career Statistics
KICKING
Field Goals | By Distance | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Season | G | Made | Att | % | PAT | PTS | 0-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Long |
2010 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 90.9 | 27-29 | 57 | 2-3 | 3-3 | 5-5 | -- | 49-Fla |
2009 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 62.5 | 33-34 | 63 | 6-6 | 3-4 | 1-6 | -- | 49-Ohio |
2008 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 55.6 | 22-22 | 52 | 3-3 | 5-9 | 2-3 | 0-3 | 47-Twice |
2007 | 14 | 21 | 29 | 72.4 | 52-53 | 115 | 9-11 | 5-6 | 7-10 | 0-2 | 48-SC |
Totals | 40 | 51 | 64 | 79.7 | 134-138 | 287 | 20-23 | 16-22 | 15-24 | 0-5 | 49-Twice |
Honors
- 2009 Academic All-District IV CoSIDA (2nd)
- 2009 Academic All-SEC
- 2008 Academic All-SEC
- 2007 All-America Football Writers
- 2007 Freshman All-America Rivals.com (2nd) and Collegefootballnews.com (honorable mention)
- 2007 All-SEC Rivals.com, Associated Press (2nd) and Coaches (2nd)
- 2007 Freshman All-SEC Coaches, Rivals.com and Sporting News
- 2007 Groza Award Semifinalist
- 2007 SEC Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 27)
- 2007 Academic All-District IV CoSIDA
- 2007 Academic All-SEC
- 2006 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll
2010
Games/Starts: 8/8 Finished his career sixth on Tennessee[apos]s all-time field goal made list with 51 and seventh in fi eld-goal percentage at .689...
Broke his own UT record set in 2007 by converting first nine field goal attempts Finished 10-of-11 on field goals for second-best percentage (.909) season in school history...Third on team with 57 points Perfect 5-for-5 beyond 40 yards for highest percentage in SEC with minimum five made Missed fi ve contests
with a leg injury (Oct. 2-Nov. 6) Returned from injury versus Mississippi to connect on UT season-high seven PATs and 43-yard FG Matched career
long with 49-yard FG versus Florida to give Vols early 3-0 lead Nailed pair of early FGs against Oregon, including 48-yarder, to give Vols 6-0 advantage
Connected on two fi eld goals versus UAB, one of which put UT ahead in fi rst overtime Missed only FG of season against Kentucky but nailed 36-yarder in
fi nal quarter to put Vols ahead 24-14.
2009
- Games/Starts: 9/9
- Started season 8-of-10 on field goals before injury slowed former Freshman All-America
- Finished season 10-of-16
- Season long of 49 yards came against Ohio
- Had three field goals against Bobcats
- Connected on 33-34 extra point attempts and scored 63 points
- Named to CoSIDA Academic All-District IV second team
2008
- Games/Starts: 10/10
- Connected on 10-of-18 field goals and all 22 PATs
- Booted 47-yarders at UCLA and Auburn for season bests
- Made two field goals in a game versus Auburn, Northern Illinois, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt
- Also connected against Alabama with 31-yarder
2007
- Games/Starts: 14/14
- Named to Football Writers All-America team after making 21 field goals and scoring 115 points during his freshman season
- Selected All-SEC first team by Rivals.com and second team by both league coaches and Associated Press
- 115 points last season was UT kicking record and trails only Gene McEver (130 in 1929) and Reggie Cobb (120 in 1987)
- Third in the SEC with 1.5 field goals made per game
- Also fifth in SEC with 8.2-point scoring average
- Connected on 21-of-29 (72.4) field goals
- Hit first eight attempts to set best career start in UT history
- Previously, Carlos Reveiz (1985) and Ricky Townsend (1972) had the best starts after beginning their UT careers 6-of-6 on made field goals
- Finished with third most field goals made in season in Tennessee history
- In first collegiate game knocked home a 41-yard FG and all four of his PAT attempts at Cal
- Hit all three of his FG attempts against Southern Miss, including 47-yarder
- Returned to home state and hit both field goal attempts at Florida
- Connected on a pair of field goals (29,39) against Arkansas State
- Saw consecutive-made streak end with first attempt against Mississippi State, but bounced back to hit next four attempts (47,29,26,43) against Bulldogs
- Knocked down career-long 48-yard FG to send South Carolina game to OT
- Then added game-winning 27-yard FG in OT against Gamecocks
- Named SEC Special Teams Player of the Week for efforts against South Carolina
- Knocked home 2-of-3 attempts against Vanderbilt including game-winning 33-yarder in fourth quarter
- Hit 1-of-2 FGs and all five extra point attempts at Kentucky
- Named to both Academic All-SEC and Academic All-District IV squads
High School
- Nominated to play in 2006 Florida Jersey All-Star Game
- Three times named All-State, All-Region, All-District, All-Area and All-County
- Made 5-of-6 field goals and averaged 45.3 yards per punt as senior
- Added 4-of-5 field goals and all 29 PATs in 2004 as junior
- During first two years at Westport High School, made 9-of-11 field goals and 38-of-39 PATs
- Longest field goal made was 55 yards
- Also three-year starter at linebacker and safety
- Class president three years and National Honor Society member
- Lettered in track and field, weightlifting and baseball
- Coach at Forest High School - Wayne Yancey
FB | Cinematic Recap vs. Syracuse (8.30.25)
Tuesday, September 02
FB | Willie Martinez Press Conference (9.2.25)
Tuesday, September 02
FB | Joey Halzle Press Conference (9.2.25)
Tuesday, September 02
FB | Josh Heupel Press Conference (9.1.25)
Monday, September 01