[3] The following year, in 2012, he was named a Second Team All-Canadian although the Marauders lost the 48th Vanier Cup game in a rematch with the Laval Rouge et Or.

[4] He attended training camp with the team in 2013, but elected to return to the Marauders for his final season of CIS eligibility and was transferred to the Tiger-Cats' suspended list.

[2][8] He played in all 16 of the Tiger-Cats' remaining regular season games, where he recorded nine special teams tackles.

[2][9] In 2015, Daly established himself more on defense in his sophomore season, earning his first professional start on July 2, 2015, in a 52–26 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

This included a career game on August 21, 2015, against the Edmonton Eskimos where he had seven defensive tackles, two interceptions, a forced fumble and his first CFL sack.

He played in the first two games of 2017, but suffered a shoulder injury and subsequently sat out the remainder of the year.

He played in the 108th Grey Cup where he again had one special teams tackle, but the Tiger-Cats lost to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in overtime.

[20] On October 26, 2022, it was announced that Daly had re-signed with the Tiger-Cats to a practice roster agreement.