Player Dossier

2020-2025

Kansas

Jalon Daniels

QB • 6'0" • 220 lbs • Lawndale, CA, USA

Dual-threat creatorVolume operator

Jalon Daniels is a dual-threat creator with 30 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

70%

Major offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

49

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

44

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

60

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kansas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Kansas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati

Player Story

Jalon Daniels built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a quarterback from Lawndale, CA wearing No. 6, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Jalon Daniels' career was his passing role: 9,255...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.817

Lawndale · Lawndale, CA

Committed To
Kansas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Jalon Daniels, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kansas. Jalon Daniels is a dual-threat creator with 30 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
10,725
Passing yards
9,255
Rushing yards
1,470
Touchdowns
90
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2025 · Kansas · Player Highlight

Jalon Daniels college highlights at Kansas.

Season
2025
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Jalon Daniels quick answers

Latest team and position
Kansas · QB
Career Total Offense
10,725
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 49 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Kansas
Top game
Cincinnati
Recruit profile
3-star · Lawndale · Kansas
High school pipeline
Lawndale · 9 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 6 · Senior
2025 Total offense rank
2,927 total offense · QB 58th (top 14%) · Big 12 8th (top 4%) · National 58th (top 4%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonKansas774271824443.5
2021 Regular SeasonKansas6943860831048.5
2022 PostseasonKansas956554421670.1
2022 Regular SeasonKansas91,8681,4703981970.1
2023 Regular SeasonKansas377970574556.6
2024 Regular SeasonKansas122,9012,4544472074.1
2025 Regular SeasonKansas122,9272,5044232677

Related Context

Jalon Daniels played QB for Kansas. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jalon Daniels recorded 9,255 passing yards, 1,470 rushing yards, and 90 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Kansas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Kansas paired 2,927 primary output with 64.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 65.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kansas State

Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value. It landed in the 75th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Kansas

Games

12

Primary Metric / G

241.8

Efficiency

65.5

Usage

23.5

Consistency

79.7

Best Game by takeover score

Kansas State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Lindenwood: 148. Illinois: 176. UNLV: 218. West Virginia: 195. TCU: 185. Arizona State: 274. Houston: 305. Kansas State: 275. Iowa State: 363. BYU: 184. Colorado: 261. Baylor: 317

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Lindenwood: 15 by 71.9. Illinois: 42 by 47.6. UNLV: 35 by 57.2. West Virginia: 32 by 55.3. TCU: 38 by 47.8. Arizona State: 37 by 62.8. Houston: 28 by 89.3. Kansas State: 46 by 61.3. Iowa State: 36 by 76.7. BYU: 29 by 57.8. Colorado: 27 by 85.4. Baylor: 28 by 72.8

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins252.2 · Games = 5 · +17.9 vs Losses
Losses234.3 · Games = 7 · -17.9 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Kansas State

Best efficiency game

89.3 vs Houston

Result
Sat 11/30@ BaylorL 17-45122328052.20272.85377.40016
Sat 11/23vs ColoradoDual-threatW 37-21142118966.71085.467212031
Sun 11/17@ BYUW 17-13121916963.20157.810151.50011
Sat 11/9vs Iowa State3+ TD · Dual-threatW 45-36122429550.02076.712685.70112
Sun 10/27@ Kansas StateDual-threatL 27-29183120958.11161.315664.40111
Sat 10/19vs Houston3+ TD · Dual-threatW 42-14162124776.23089.37588.30115
Sun 10/6@ Arizona State3+ TDL 31-35183126058.12062.86142.30122
Sat 9/28vs TCUL 27-38153417944.11147.8461.50011
Sat 9/21@ West VirginiaL 28-32152518460.01155.37111.60021
Fri 9/13vs UNLVDual-threatL 20-23122415350.00257.211655.90233
Sat 9/7@ IllinoisL 17-23183214156.32347.610353.5009
Fri 8/30vs LindenwoodW 48-391514860.01171.9

Player Story

Jalon Daniels story

Jalon Daniels built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a quarterback from Lawndale, CA wearing No. 6, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Jalon Daniels' career was his passing role: 9,255 passing yards, 67 touchdown passes, 1,193 attempts, and 1,470 rushing yards across 49 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Kansas. 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 1,470 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 49 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kansas.

The arc is straightforward: Jalon 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

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    Kansas

    2020-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2020202120222022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonKansas7424726.9
2021 Regular SeasonKansas94357.520.3201
2022 PostseasonKansas2,43371.424.21,490
2022 Regular SeasonKansas2,43371.424.20
2023 Regular SeasonKansas77968.422.3-1,654
2024 Regular SeasonKansas2,90165.523.52,122
2025 Regular SeasonKansas2,92764.93026

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 56 Cincinnati

Week 5 · L 34-37 · Conference game

Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

500

Total Offense

92.3 takeover

500 total offense with 76.8 efficiency.

#2

@ Arkansas

Week 1 · L 53-55 · Postseason

565

Total Offense

84.7 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

565 total offense with 62.5 efficiency.

#3

@ Kansas State

Week 8 · L 14-55 · Conference game

234

Total Offense

82.8 takeover

Loss with 234 yards of offense and 51.6 efficiency.

234 total offense with 51.6 efficiency.

#4

vs West Virginia

Week 13 · L 28-34 · Conference game

258

Total Offense

80.4 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

258 total offense with 54 efficiency.

#5

vs Iowa State

Week 9 · L 22-52 · Conference game

201

Total Offense

79.6 takeover

Loss with 201 yards of offense and 52.8 efficiency.

201 total offense with 52.8 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Kansas

2,927 primary output · 64.9 efficiency · 30 usage

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#2

2024 Regular Season · Kansas

74.1

2,901 primary · 65.5 efficiency · 23.5 usage

#3

2022 Postseason · Kansas

70.1

2,433 primary · 71.4 efficiency · 24.2 usage

Milestones

10

250+ passing yards

8

300+ total offense

15

3+ TD games

27

Above avg efficiency