From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Daniel Hardy, Jr. (born September 7, 1987, in Anchorage, Alaska) is a professional football player, a tight end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. He was selected by the Buccaneers in the seventh round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Idaho in the Western Athletic Conference and is a 2006 graduate of West High School in Anchorage. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Hardy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.