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Daniel Lincoln
26  Daniel Lincoln
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Ocala, Fla.

High School:
Forest

Height / Weight:
6-0 / 203

Position:
PK

Major:
Enterprise Management

TENNESSEE TRIVIA - Already tied for 10th on UT's career field goal chart with 31 made after just two seasons ... Needs just four field goals to move alone into sixth.

CAREER GAMES/STARTS - 24/24

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 Au-burn, Northern Illinois, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt ... Also connected against Alabama with 31-yarder ... Riding streak of 33 consecutive made PATs dating to Vanderbilt 2007.

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.

BORN - Sept. 24, 1987.

SUPERLATIVES
• 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 ESPN The Magazine
• 2007 Academic All-SEC
• 2006 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll

DANIEL LINCOLN CAREER STATISTICS
YEARG FG FGA PCT PAT PTS 0-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG
2007 14 21 29 72.4 52-53 115 9-11 5-6 7-10 0-2 48-SC
2008 10 10 18 55.6 22-22 52 3-3 5-9 2-3 0-3 47-2x

Totals 24 31 47 66.0 74-75 167 12-14 10-15 9-13 0-5 48-SC
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