University Southern California Trojans
2006 Football Roster
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Jersey Number 19
Mario Danelo
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- San Pedro
- High School:
- San Pedro
2006: The accurate Danelo, coming off a record-setting 2005 performance, returns for his second season as USC[apos]s placekicker as a junior in 2006.
2005: Danelo earned a scholarship in the fall of 2005 and won the starting placekicking job as a sophomore in 2005, setting records in the process. Overall in 2005 in his first year as USC[apos]s kicker, he hit 83-of-86 PATs and 11-of-12 field goals. He set the NCAA, Pac-10 and USC season records for PATs (83) and PAT attempts (86). He was 17th nationally in scoring (8.9, sixth in Pac-10). He hit his last 11 field goals after missing his first-ever try. He made 2005 All-Pac-10 honorable mention. He won USC[apos]s Co-Special Teams Player of the Year Award. His career got off to a quick start as he tied a USC game record by hitting all 9 of his PATs at Hawaii in his first USC action (he missed a 42-yard field goal). Then, for the second week in a row, he set the USC game record by hitting all 10 of his PATs versus Arkansas. At Oregon, he hit his first career field goal (36 yards)
and made all 6 PATs, then he hit a 36-yard field goal and all 5 of his PATs at Arizona State. He hit all 6 of his PATs against Arizona, 4-of-5 PATs (his miss was on a 30-yard try because of a penalty) at Notre Dame and 6-of-7 PATs along with a 30-yard field goal (at the first half gun) at Washington. He added a pair of field goals (27 and 22 yards) and all 7 of his PATs against Washington State, a 21-yard field goal and 6 of his 7 PATs against Stanford, all 5 of his PATs at California and all 3 of his field goals (25, 31 and 26 yards) and all 5 of his PATs to set the Pac-10 season marks for PATs and PAT attempts against Fresno State. He set NCAA season records for PATs and PAT attempts as he hit 9-of-9 PATs and a 35-yard field goal against UCLA. He nailed a career-long 43-yard field goal and hit all 5 of his PATs against Texas.
2004: Danelo did not see any action as a walk-on redshirt freshman reserve placekicker in 2004.
2003: Danelo redshirted as a first-year freshman walk-on placekicker in 2003, his first year at USC.
HIGH SCHOOL: He prepped at San Pedro (Calif.) High, where he played football (he was an All-L.A. City first team linebacker as a senior in 2002) and soccer. Current Trojan Zack Heberer also prepped at San Pedro.
PERSONAL: His father, Joe, was a placekicker at Washington State (1972-74) before playing in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers (1975), New York Giants (1976-82) and Buffalo Bills (1983-84).
| FGA | FGM | LG | PAT | ATT | PAT | |
| 2005 (So.) | 12 | 11 | 43 | 86 | 83 |
GAME-BY-GAME WITH MARIO DANELO
| 2005 | FG-FGA | MADE | MISS | PAT-PAT | ATT |
| Hawaii | 0-1 | -- | 42 | WR | 9-9 |
| Arkansas | 0-0 | -- | -- | 10-10 | |
| Oregon | 1-1 | 36 | -- | 6-6 | |
| Arizona St. | 1-1 | 36 | -- | 5-5 | |
| Arizona | 0-0 | -- | -- | 6-6 | |
| Notre Dame | 0-0 | -- | -- | 4-5 | (WL) |
| Washington | 1-1 | 30 | -- | 6-7 | (WR) |
| Wash. St. | 2-2 | 27,22 | -- | 7-7 | |
| Stanford | 1-1 | 21 | -- | 6-7 | (WL) |
| California | 0-0 | -- | -- | 5-5 | |
| Fresno St. | 3-3 | 25,31,26 | -- | 5-5 | |
| UCLA | 1-1 | 35 | -- | 9-9 | |
| Texas (RB) | 1-1 | 43 | -- | 5-5 | |
| 2005 (Sr.) | 11-12 | -- | -- | 83-86 |
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