 Shortly before appearing on "Big Brother", Daniel graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity.He received his law degree from the Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University in 2014.Daniel won "Big Brother 5" and the $500,000 prize after defeating Michael "Cowboy" Ellis by a vote of 4-3 on September 21, 2004.