Daniel Carlson is one of the most popular and richest American Football Player who was born on January 23, 1995 in Colorado Springs, United States. Carlson was born the 23rd of January 1995, to Hans Carlson and Jodie Carlson. Carlson also has an elder brother called Nils and a younger brother named Anders who plays football player at Auburn.
Carlson was hired with Carlson was signed by Oakland Raiders on October 23 on the 23rd of October, 2018 after the team released rookie kicker Matt McCrane. In his Raiders debut , in Week 8 he scored four extra points in a 42-28 defeat to the Indianapolis Colts. In Week 11 Carlson added two points and scored three field goals and an impressive 35-yard goal at the end of the game, which resulted in a 23-21 victory against Arizona Cardinals. Arizona Cardinals, earning him AFC Special Teams Player of the Week.
Carlson was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the fifth round (167th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft. He was one of two kickers to be drafted that year, the other being Jason Sanders by the Miami Dolphins.
On April 16, 2020, Carlson was re-signed to a one-year contract.
Carlson then converted 94 percent of field-goal attempts with the Raiders in 2018and set the new record for the team.
