Career

He played as a quarterback for four years at Florida State University. Charlie Ward, an American professional NBA basketball player, was backed up by Danny Kanellwhen he started playing. Ward was the next freshman in the team after Chip Ferguson in 1985. He had to face some stiff competition during this time, but his back-to-back commendable performances when he played as a backup got him the job once again as a sophomore.

He tossed for 2,781 yards in his lesser year with 17 TD versus 13 INT on 380 pass endeavors. He was a part of the celebrated Choke at Doak amusement against Florida, where he drove Florida State once again from a 31-3 final quarter deficiency to tie the diversion. He then beat Florida in the rematch at the Sugar Bowl named the "Fifth Quarter in the French Quarter", completing the year with a 10–1–1 record.

In his senior year (1995), he tossed for 2,957 yards with 32 TD versus 13 INT on 402 pass endeavors. He drove the group to a 10–2 record, including a win over Notre Dame in the 1996 Orange Bowl. He was given an "honorable mention" in the All-American rundown of his senior year.

During his career at the college, he played in 35 games and finished 62.7% of his 854 pass endeavors. He tossed for 8,372 yards, 47 touchdowns, which was at the time a school record, and 26 capture attempts over his four years as a Seminole. He likewise kept running for one touchdown and figured out how to catch one go for lost three yards. In September 2012, Kanell was enlisted into the Florida State Athletic Hall of Fame.

Later, his main competitor became another sophomore, Jon Stark, and the team usually chose between Starkand Kanell alternately. He got lucky during a match against Maryland, which brought him a lot of recognition. Ward was injured due to bruised ribs, so Kanell was chosen from the start of the game. He utilized the golden opportunity fully and completed 28 out of 38 passes, for 341 yards, with no interceptions and five touchdowns. That year turned out to be great for Kanell; he completed seven touchdowns with no interceptions and a total of 499 yards while also doing a great job backing up Ward, who won four trophies that year - Heisman Trophy, Davey O'Brien, Maxwell, and Walter Camp Awards.

New York Giants took Kanell in 1996. His debut in NFC came in that season as well. He had some great performances in the NFC playing for the Giants. Despite all these performances, he was only making $216,000, which was the league's minimum salary. So next season, he got into a three-year contract with the Giants worth $9.5 million. His performance declined gradually over the years, however. As a result, Giants replaced him with Kerry Collins.