Arizona Cardinals profiles: Danny Dillon

The Arizona Cardinals are two weeks away from opening training camp in Glendale

We continue our annual look at player by player from A to Z on the current Arizona Cardinals roster as we are now entering the final stages of the offseason before the start of training camp. The next stop is training camp on July 28th.

In this profile we look at long snapper Danny Dillon.  He is an undrafted free agent out of Campbell.

2015: Dillon played in all 11 games his senior season at Campbell as the team’s long snapper.  He played in 44 games from 2012-2015 after redshirting the 2011 season.  Dillon was named honorable mention to the All-Pioneer League team.

2016: The Cardinals are looking for a long snapper to replace the outgoing Mike Leach who retired after the 2015 season.  Dillon will be in competition with Kameron Canaday.

Canaday will have a good shot to make it but believe Dillon will be given every chance as well.  It could end up being one of the better competitions in Cards Camp in August.

According to the Fay Observer, Dillon is self-taught as a long snapper.  He also played receiver in high school, where he caught six touchdowns.  He won’t have that to fall back on, at least not as a member of the Cardinals.

I would watch this competition closely.  My guess is you will hear his name called a lot in preseason games, something you don’t see very often from a long snapper.