Jayden Daniels

Jayden Daniels (born December 18, 2000) is an American football quarterback for the LSU Tigers. Daniels previously played for the Arizona State Sun Devils before transferring to LSU in 2022.

Jayden Daniels
Daniels with Arizona State in 2019
LSU Tigers – No. 5
PositionQuarterback
ClassJunior
Personal information
Born: (2000-12-18) December 18, 2000
San Bernardino, California, U.S.
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career history
College
Bowl games
High schoolCajon (San Bernardino)

Early years

Daniels was born on December 18, 2000, in San Bernardino, California.[1] He was a 4 star recruit out of Cajon High School in California. He was ranked number two in the nation for dual-threat quarterbacks.[2]

College career

Arizona State

Daniels committed to Arizona State on December 13, 2018.[3] He graduated early from Cajon in order to enroll at Arizona State in January 2019.[4]

2019

As a freshman, Daniels beat out starter Dillon Sterling-Cole in training camp, making him the first starting true freshman quarterback for the Sun Devils.[5][6]

LSU

In early 2022, Daniels announced he was transferring to Louisiana State University (LSU) to play for the LSU Tigers.

Jayden reinjured his ankle that had been injured during their game against Texas A&M on December 3, 2022, during the SEC Championship Game. He was listed as questionable, but he never returned because Garrett Nussmeier took his place.

Statistics
Season Games Passing Rushing
GPGSRecordCompAttPctYardsAvgTDIntRateAttYardsAvgTD
Arizona State Sun Devils
2019 12128−420533860.72,9438.7172149.21253552.83
2020 442−2498458.37018.351145.7332236.84
2021 13138−519730165.42,3807.91010136.21387105.16
LSU Tigers
2022 141410−426638868.62,9137.5173144.51868854.811
Career[7]414128−157171,11164.58,9388.04916143.84822,1734.524

References
  1. Gardner, Michelle (December 18, 2019). "Arizona State football: Jayden Daniels celebrates birthday and addition of receivers". Arizona Republic. Retrieved January 3, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Karpman, Chris (August 30, 2019). "Oklahoma-bound Spencer Rattler top-rated QB by 247Sports, Arizona State-bound Jayden Daniels No. 2". 247sports.com.
  3. Obert, Richard (August 30, 2019). "Elite QB prospect Jayden Daniels commits to ASU". azcentral.com.
  4. Gardner, Michelle (May 21, 2019). "Arizona State quarterback Jayden Daniels wins a top high school award". Arizona Republic. Retrieved January 3, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Harris, Jack (August 30, 2019). "True freshman Jayden Daniels wins QB job for Sun Devils". 247sports.com. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  6. Gardner, Michelle (August 13, 2019). "True freshman Jayden Daniels named starting quarterback at Arizona State". USA Today. Retrieved January 1, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "Jayden Daniels College Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
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