Daniel Polk

{{Short description|American football player (born 1985)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

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| position = Wide receiver

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|5|19}}

| birth_place = Dallas, Texas

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 202

| college = Midwestern State

| undraftedyear = 2008

| pastteams =

• Dallas Cowboys ({{NFL Year|2008}})*

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Daniel Polk (born May 19, 1985, in Dallas, Texas) is a former American football wide receiver. He was signed by the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2008{{Cite news |last=Archer |first=Todd |date=May 8, 2008 |title=Dallas Cowboys wonder: Is there a receiver in the house? |work=Dallas Morning News |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/football/cowboys/stories/050908dnspoarcher.de40f67c.html |accessdate=October 23, 2010}} but was cut by the team on August 25, 2008.{{Cite web |last=Associated Press |date=August 25, 2008 |title=Cowboys trim roster to 75 |url=http://www.txcn.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/wfaa080825_ac_roster.f8116c4.html |url-status=dead |publisher=Texas Cable News |accessdate=October 23, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723170944/http://www.txcn.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/wfaa080825_ac_roster.f8116c4.html |archivedate=July 23, 2011}} He played college football for the Midwestern State Mustangs.{{Cite news |date=August 26, 2007 |title=Midwestern's Polk blitzes Adams State |work=Denver Post |url=http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_6722090 |accessdate=October 23, 2010}} He was also featured on HBO's television program Hard Knocks as the last player cut from the team. Polk was a First-team Daktronics All-American QB. He was the only player in D-II to pass for over 2,000 yards and run for 1,000 yards. Polk holds numerous records at Midwestern State University. Polk was picked up by NFL team New Orleans Saints, but refused the offer.