Jayden Daniels
Jayden Daniels
Extends plays with his feet until something opens up. Two head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. His first career honor landed in 2023: Davey O'Brien. One game to point at: 414 pass yds, 99 rush yds against Ole Miss — Week 5, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at LSU, 12,048 passing yards, a Consensus All-American season (2023) — drafted at #2 overall by Washington.
Career Arc
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS
Consensus AA (2023)
11 first-team selectors
POSITION AWARDS
Unitas Golden Arm, Walter Camp, Manning
2023 season
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2023)
All-SEC
Featured in The Canon
Coaching Lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Ed Orgeron → Brian Kelly. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
WashingtonEntering 3rd NFL season
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lane Kiffin
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 5 · ApexR16 · POTY / Heisman winner
Position-of-the-Year / Heisman winner. The trophy is in the case.
Recognition
Production
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS
Consensus AA (2023)
11 first-team selectors
POSITION AWARDS
Unitas Golden Arm, Walter Camp, Manning
2023 season
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2023)
All-SEC
Career stats
| Season | Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | LSU | 236 | 327 | 72.2% | 3,812 | 11.7 | 40 | 4 | 208.0 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | LSU | 266 | 388 | 68.6% | 2,913 | 7.5 | 17 | 3 | 144.5 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Arizona State | 197 | 301 | 65.4% | 2,380 | 7.9 | 10 | 10 | 136.2 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Arizona State | 205 | 338 | 60.7% | 2,943 | 8.7 | 17 | 2 | 149.2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 904 | 1,354 | 66.8% | 12,048 | 8.9 | 84 | 19 | 159.2 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | LSU | 135 | 1,134 | 8.4 | 10 | -- |
| 2022 | LSU | 186 | 885 | 4.8 | 11 | -- |
| 2021 | Arizona State | 138 | 710 | 5.1 | 6 | -- |
| 2019 | Arizona State | 125 | 355 | 2.8 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 584 | 3,084 | 5.3 | 30 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2023
W 49–39
at Missouri
259 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.1 · 130 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD
Edged out Missouri on the road in a shootout.
How he plays
Play style
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Scrambler
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Grayson McCall’s 2021 season.
Matches Grayson on
Differs from Grayson on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jaxson Dart's graduate season at Ole Miss (2024).
Differs from Jaxson on
Heisman trajectory
Final Heisman Position · 2023
#2
Heisman finalist tier (#2) · finalist probability 45%.
Development
Development Trajectory · passing yards
2019–2023+30%
Up 30% from first season to most-recent.