Usage / Role
99%
Featured offensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023LSU
Jayden Daniels
QB • 6'4" • 210 lbs • San Bernardino, CA, USA
Dual-threat creatorEfficient finisher
Jayden Daniels is a dual-threat creator with 35.1 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
22
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
36
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · LSU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Arizona State • LSU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State
Player Story
Jayden Daniels built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a quarterback from San Bernardino, CA wearing No. 5, spending time with Arizona State and LSU. The clearest part of Jayden Daniels' career was his...
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- Committed To
- Arizona State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2024
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 2
- Overall
- No. 2
- NFL Team
- Washington
Jayden Daniels, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · LSU. Jayden Daniels is a dual-threat creator with 35.1 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 16,056
- Passing yards
- 12,749
- Rushing yards
- 3,307
- Touchdowns
- 124
Featured Highlight
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Jayden Daniels Arizona State Highlights
2021 · Arizona State · Player Highlight
Jayden Daniels college highlights at Arizona State.
- Season
- 2021
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Jayden Daniels quick answers
- Latest team and position
- LSU · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 16,056
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 55 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · LSU
- Top game
- Georgia State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Cajon · Arizona State
- High school pipeline
- Cajon · 15 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2024 · Round 1 · Pick 2 · Washington
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2023 Total offense rank
- 4,946 total offense · QB 1st (top 1%) · SEC 1st (top 1%) · National 1st (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Arizona State | 12 | 231 | 195 | 36 | 0 | 68.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Arizona State | 12 | 3,067 | 2,748 | 319 | 20 | 68.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Arizona State | 4 | 924 | 701 | 223 | 9 | 59.5 |
| 2021 Postseason | Arizona State | 13 | 199 | 159 | 40 | 0 | 69.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Arizona State | 13 | 2,891 | 2,221 | 670 | 16 | 69.8 |
| 2022 Postseason | LSU | 14 | 206 | 139 | 67 | 2 | 75.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | LSU | 14 | 3,592 | 2,774 | 818 | 27 | 75.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | LSU | 12 | 4,946 | 3,812 | 1,134 | 50 | 86.5 |
Related Context
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Jayden Daniels played QB for Arizona State and LSU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jayden Daniels recorded 12,749 passing yards, 3,307 rushing yards, and 5 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2023 with LSU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
LSU paired 4,946 primary output with 82 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Postseason role shape
pass-led usage with 69.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Arizona State, LSU.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Utah
Loss with 269 yards of offense and 62.8 efficiency. It landed in the 69.2th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Postseason · Arizona State
Games
13
Primary Metric / G
237.7
Efficiency
69.1
Usage
28.5
Consistency
84.4
Best Game by takeover score
Utah
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wisconsin: 199. Southern Utah: 172. UNLV: 300. BYU: 273. Colorado: 311. UCLA: 331. Stanford: 251. Utah: 269. Washington State: 259. USC: 195. Washington: 146. Oregon State: 212. Arizona: 172
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wisconsin: 40 by 54.4. Southern Utah: 18 by 85.4. UNLV: 42 by 75.4. BYU: 39 by 57.2. Colorado: 32 by 87.7. UCLA: 25 by 85.9. Stanford: 36 by 70.7. Utah: 45 by 62.8. Washington State: 45 by 57. USC: 25 by 68.9. Washington: 31 by 55.4. Oregon State: 37 by 60.4. Arizona: 24 by 77.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins234.8 · Games = 8 · -7.7 vs Losses
Losses242.4 · Games = 5 · +7.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Utah
Best efficiency game
87.7 vs Colorado
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/31 | vs Wisconsin | L 13-20 | 11 | 21 | 159 | 52.4 | 0 | 1 | 54.4 | 19 | 40 | 2.10 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 11/27 | vs Arizona3+ TD · Dual-threat | W 38-15 | 10 | 14 | 86 | 71.4 | 2 | 0 | 77.2 | 10 | 86 | 8.60 | 1 | 48 |
| Sun 11/21 | @ Oregon State | L 10-24 | 16 | 27 | 166 | 59.3 | 0 | 1 | 60.4 | 10 | 46 | 4.60 | 0 | 16 |
| Sun 11/14 | @ WashingtonDual-threat | W 35-30 | 10 | 16 | 90 | 62.5 | 1 | 1 | 55.4 | 15 | 56 | 3.70 | 1 | 19 |
| Sun 11/7 | vs USCDual-threat | W 31-16 | 11 | 20 | 145 | 55.0 | 0 | 2 | 68.9 | 5 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 29 |
| Sat 10/30 | vs Washington State | L 21-34 | 23 | 35 | 228 | 65.7 | 1 | 2 | 57 | 10 | 31 | 3.10 | 0 | 12 |
| Sun 10/17 | @ Utah3+ TD | L 21-35 | 20 | 31 | 237 | 64.5 | 2 | 0 | 62.8 | 14 | 32 | 2.30 | 1 | 25 |
| Sat 10/9 | vs StanfordDual-threat | W 28-10 | 14 | 23 | 175 | 60.9 | 0 | 0 | 70.7 | 13 | 76 | 5.80 | 1 | 51 |
| Sun 10/3 | @ UCLA | W 42-23 | 13 | 19 | 286 | 68.4 | 2 | 0 | 85.9 | 6 | 45 | 7.50 | 0 | 11 |
| Sun 9/26 | vs ColoradoDual-threat | W 35-13 | 18 | 25 | 236 | 72.0 | 0 | 0 | 87.7 | 7 | 75 | 10.70 | 2 | 24 |
| Sun 9/19 | @ BYU | L 17-27 | 21 | 29 | 265 | 72.4 | 0 | 2 | 57.2 | 10 | 8 | 0.80 | 0 | 18 |
| Sun 9/12 | vs UNLVDual-threat | W 37-10 | 20 | 29 | 175 | 69.0 | 2 | 1 | 75.4 | 13 | 125 | 9.60 | 0 | 23 |
| Fri 9/3 | vs Southern Utah | W 41-14 | 10 | 12 | 132 | 83.3 | 0 | 0 | 85.4 | 6 | 40 | 6.70 | 0 | 21 |
Player Story
Jayden Daniels story
Jayden Daniels built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a quarterback from San Bernardino, CA wearing No. 5, spending time with Arizona State and LSU. The clearest part of Jayden Daniels' career was his passing role: 12,749 passing yards, 89 touchdown passes, 1,438 attempts, and 3,307 rushing yards across 55 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with LSU. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 3,307 rushing yards, 5 receiving yards, and 4 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 55 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arizona State and LSU.
The arc is straightforward: Jayden Daniels moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Arizona State
2019-2021
Opening stop
- 2
LSU
2022-2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20192019202020212021202220222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Arizona State | 3,298 | 63.6 | 29.9 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Arizona State | 3,298 | 63.6 | 29.9 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Arizona State | 924 | 73.3 | 21.4 | -2,374 |
| 2021 Postseason | Arizona State | 3,090 | 69.1 | 28.5 | 2,166 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Arizona State | 3,090 | 69.1 | 28.5 | 0 |
| 2022 Postseason | LSU | 3,798 | 69.7 | 36.1 | 708 |
| 2022 Regular Season | LSU | 3,798 | 69.7 | 36.1 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | LSU | 4,946 | 82 | 35.1 | 1,148 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Georgia State
Week 12 · W 56-14
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
509
Total Offense
91.8 takeover
509 total offense with 94.8 efficiency.
#2
vs Florida
Week 11 · W 52-35 · Conference game
606
Total Offense
89.2 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
606 total offense with 91.3 efficiency.
#3
vs Ole Miss
Week 8 · W 45-20 · Conference game
369
Total Offense
88.6 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
369 total offense with 75.4 efficiency.
#4
@ Ole Miss
Week 5 · L 49-55 · Conference game
513
Total Offense
86.3 takeover
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
513 total offense with 84.2 efficiency.
#5
@ UCLA
Week 9 · L 32-42 · Conference game
334
Total Offense
84.7 takeover
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
334 total offense with 74.3 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · LSU
4,946 primary output · 82 efficiency · 35.1 usage
86.5
#2
2022 Postseason · LSU
75.8
3,798 primary · 69.7 efficiency · 36.1 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · LSU
75.8
3,798 primary · 69.7 efficiency · 36.1 usage
Milestones
23
250+ passing yards
26
300+ total offense
24
3+ TD games
44
Above avg efficiency
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