ASU: Persistent, smart player who improved significantlyduring hisASU career...played in 35 games, starting nine at quarterback as a senior in 2009...served as the No. 2 quarterback for his first three years at ASU, and was the holder for field goals and extra points in 2008...completed 208-of-399 passes (52.1 pct.) for2,348 yards and13 touchdowns and 12 interceptions in his career.
2009: Played in 10 games, starting the first nine of the season at quarterback...went 168-of-312 (53.8 pct.) for 1,939 yards with 10 touchdowns and nine interceptions on the year...also had three rushing touchdowns, the first of his career...had a touchdown pass in eight of the 10 games he played in, with a streak of seven straight games with at least one touchdown pass from Sept. 19 through Oct. 31...made his first career start in team's season-opening victory over Idaho State on Sept. 5, going 13-of-25 for 165 yards and rushing for 17 yards on five carries...completed 19-of-30 passes for 220 yards and two touchdowns (one passing, one rushing) in win over ULM on Sept. 19...went 10-of-32 for 116 yards with a touchdown pass to running back Dimitri Nance on a screen passat No. 21 Georgia on Sept. 26...had a career day against Oregon State on Oct. 3, going 32-of-58 for a career-high 338 yards and a touchdown pass...went 19-of-29 for 169 yards and a touchdown in victory at Washington State on Oct. 10...completed 21-of-35 passes for 263 yards and a game-winning 50-yard touchdown pass with five seconds remaining to give ASU a 24-17 victory over Washington on Oct. 17...went 12-of-23 for 143 yards and two touchdowns at Stanford on Oct. 24...was 16-of-29 for 244 yards and a career-best 80-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Williams against California on Oct. 31...completed 12-of-23 passes for 113 yards against No. 12 USC on Nov. 7...finished his Sun Devil career by coming off the bench to go 14-of-28 for 168 yards and two fourth-quarter touchdown passes against Arizona.
2008: Played in all 12 games, serving as the holder on field goals and extra points...saw action at quarterback in four games...completed 15-of-43 passes for 151 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions on the season...did not take a sack...was 1-of-8 in the team's season-opening win over Northern Arizona on Aug. 30...saw his most extensive action of the year at No. 8 USC on Oct. 11, going 4-for-17 for 28 yards while playing most of the second half...completed 7-of-12 passes for 80 yards, including a four-yard touchdown pass to T.J. Simpson in the fourth quarter, against Oregon on Oct. 25...also had his season-high 27-yard completion (to Nate Kimbrough) in that game...went 3-of-6 for 44 yards in victory over Washington State on Nov. 15.
2007: Played in seven games as the top reserve quarterback...completed 19-of-29 passes (65.5 pct.) for 212 yards and two touchdowns on the season...threw his first career touchdown, a five-yard scoring pass to Andrew Pettes, in the fourth quarter of season-opening win over San Jose State on Sept. 1...was 9-of-12 passing for 73 yards in that game...completed his only pass attempt in games against San Diego State, Stanford and USC...finished the season by completing 7-of-14 passes for a career-high 118 yards and a touchdown in the fourth quarter of Pacific Life Holiday Bowl against Texas on Dec. 27.
2006: Appeared in six games as a true freshman...completed six-of-15 passes for 46 yards...made his Sun Devil debut against Nevada on Sept. 9, completing two-of-four passes for four yards...completed three-of-four passes for 15 yards against Stanford on Oct. 21...had a season-high 27-yard completion to tight end Brent Miller against Washington State on Nov. 11.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2006 graduate of Los Gatos (Calif.) High School...listed as the No. 112 player in the state of California by SuperPrep...completed 134-of-220 passes for 2,435 yards and 24 touchdowns (only six interceptions) during the regular season in leading Los Gatos High to the Central Coast Section Medium School title...earned Santa Clara Valley League-DeAnza Division Most Valuable Player accolades...also was Santa Clara Valley Athlete League first-team...earned second-team All-Central Coast Section honors...named second-team San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro...named second-team All-Northern California...also punted for Los Gatos High...lettered four times in football, four times in basketball and twice in baseball...captained the football team as a sophomore and as a senior, and was a team captain in baseball as a sophomore...coached by Butch Cattollico.
PERSONAL: Parents are Sean (mortgage banker), and Dina (interior designer) of Los Gatos, Calif...has three siblings, Kristine, who is a junior at ASU and an active member of Delta Gamma Sorority, Kelly and Erica...his grandfather, Dan Sullivan, played basketball at the University of Nevada, his uncle, Carroll Williams, was the head basketball coach and Athletic Director at Santa Clara University, his uncle, Kevin Sullivan, was a pitcher on the San Jose State baseball team and his uncle, Brian Sullivan, pitched in the Montreal Expos' minor league system...hobbies include playing golf and video games...born August 17, 1987...full name is Danny Jay Sullivan.
Sullivan's Career Statistics
| Year | G/GS | Comp./Att. | Yds. | Pct. | TD/Int. | Lg. | Avg./G | Eff. |
| 2006 | 6/0 | 6/15 | 46 | 40.0 | 0/0 | 27 | 7.7 | 65.76 |
| 2007 | 7/0 | 19/29 | 212 | 65.5 | 2/1 | 32 | 30.3 | 142.79 |
| 2008 | 12/0 | 15/43 | 151 | 34.9 | 1/2 | 27 | 12.6 | 62.75 |
| 2009 | 10/9 | 168/312 | 1939 | 53.8 | 10/9 | 80 | 193.9 | 110.86 |
| Career | 35/9 | 208/399 | 2348 | 52.1 | 13/12 | 80 | 67.1 | 106.30 |