Jonathan Tyler Daniels is an American football quarterback for the West Virginia Mountaineers. Daniels previously played for USC and Georgia, winning the CFP National Championship with the latter as a backup to Stetson Bennett, before transferring to West Virginia in 2022.
Beginning the 2021 season, JT Daniels was the clear frontrunner for starting quarterback, with Stetson Bennett as a backup. In the season opener against Clemson, Daniels threw 22-for-30 with 135 yards, with no touchdowns and one interception.
Despite a poor performance by Bennett in the SEC championship game against Alabama with two interceptions, coach Kirby Smart remained confident in Bennett’s abilities for the remainder of the season. Following Georgia’s national championship and Bennett’s affirmation to play out his final season of eligibility in 2022, Daniels entered the NCAA transfer portal.
JT Daniels Age
22 years
JT Daniels College
Daniels was a five-star recruit and ranked as the number one overall recruit in his class by Rivals.com prior to his reclassification. He committed to the University of Southern California (USC) to play college football
JT Daniels Transfer
Daniels subsequently entered his name into the transfer portal and departed for Georgia in 2020. After two seasons with the Bulldogs, the return of Stetson Bennett for 2022 was the death knell for Daniels’ time in Athens, and he transferred to West Virginia on April 13 to get a starting gig with the Mountaineers.
JT Daniels Draft
Daniels is technically a junior with two years of eligibility left after an injury-shortened sophomore season for the USC Trojans and an extra year of eligibility due to COVID-19.
JT Daniels Stats
| USC Trojans | ||||||||||||||
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 2018 | USC | 11 | 11 | 216 | 363 | 59.5 | 2,672 | 14 | 10 | 128.6 | 45 | -149 | -3.3 | 0 |
| 2019 | USC | 1 | 1 | 25 | 34 | 73.5 | 215 | 1 | 1 | 130.5 | 3 | -6 | -2.0 | 0 |
| Georgia Bulldogs | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Georgia | 4 | 4 | 80 | 119 | 67.2 | 1,231 | 10 | 2 | 178.5 | 10 | -71 | -7.1 | 0 |
| 2021 | Georgia | 5 | 3 | 68 | 94 | 72.3 | 722 | 7 | 3 | 155.1 | 4 | -18 | -4.5 | 0 |
| Career | 21 | 19 | 389 | 610 | 63.8 | 4,840 | 32 | 16 | 142.5 | 62 | -244 | -3.9 | 0 | |
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