JT Daniels

JT Daniels
USC Trojans – No. 18
Position Quarterback
Class Freshman
Career history
College
  • USC (2018–present)
High school Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California)
Personal information
Born: (2000-02-02) February 2, 2000
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight 210 lb (95 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Jonathan Tyler (JT) Daniels is an American football quarterback. He is currently the starting quarterback for the USC Trojans.

Early years

Daniels attended Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California.[1] During his high school career he passed for 12,014 yards with 152 touchdowns and 14 interceptions. [2]

Daniels was notable for earning the starting position his freshman year and full play calling responsibility his sophomore year, the latter of which being a distinction that took fellow Mater Dei and USC alum Matt Barkley until his senior year to earn. [3] He threw for 4,849 yards and 67 touchdowns his sophomore season. As a junior, he won the Gatorade Football Player of the Year and then later the Male Athlete of the Year award [4] after passing for 4,123 yards and scoring 61 total touchdowns (52 passing, nine rushing), leading his team to a 15-0 record and a consensus high school football national championship. [5][6] Mater Dei held the #1 position from the first week of the season and did not trail at any point in the season, winning every game by at least 10 points in CIF's Division I. [7]

College career

Daniels was a five-star recruit and ranked as the number one overall recruit in his class by Rivals.com prior to his reclassification.[8] He committed to the University of Southern California (USC) to play college football.[9] In December 2017, Daniels announced that he would graduate early from high school and reclassify to the 2018 class.[10] He enrolled in USC in June of 2018 upon completion of his high school course work. In August 2018, he began USC's two week fall camp in a three way competition for the starting quarterback position. Within 3 weeks, Daniels was named the starter over incumbents Matt Fink and Jack Sears,[11] making him the 2nd USC true freshman to start a season opener. He became the first quarterback in Division I history to graduate early from high school and win the starting position to begin his true freshman year.

References

  1. ↑ Sherman, Mitch (February 9, 2017). "The next great QB prospect might just be JT Daniels". ESPN. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  2. ↑ Fryer, Steve (December 22, 2017). "Mater Dei quarterback JT Daniels confirms plan to leave school and enroll early at USC". Press-Telegram. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  3. ↑ Piellucci, Mike (August 17, 2018). "The Next Great USC QB Shouldn't Even Be in College". The Ringer. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  4. ↑ Greene, Dan (July 17, 2018). "JT Daniels Becomes First to Win Gatorade Male Athlete of the Year Award After Junior Season". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  5. ↑ Albano, Dan (December 19, 2017). "Mater Dei quarterback JT Daniels named Gatorade National Player of the Year". OC Register. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  6. ↑ Sondheimer, Eric (Dec 27, 2017). "Player of the year JT Daniels heads Times' 2017 prep football all-star team". LA Times. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  7. ↑ Poff, Zack (December 24, 2017). "Final 2017 MaxPreps Top 25 high school football rankings". MaxPreps.com. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  8. ↑ "JT Daniels, Pro-style quarterback". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  9. ↑ Albano, Dan (July 30, 2017). "Mater Dei quarterback JT Daniels commits to USC". OC Register. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  10. ↑ Bonagura, Kyle (December 22, 2017). "USC QB recruit JT Daniels graduating early to play next season". ESPN. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  11. ↑ Kercheval, Ben (August 27, 2018). "USC names star freshman JT Daniels its starting quarterback: Three things to know". CBSSports.com. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
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