Player Dossier

2020-2025

Miami

C.J. Daniels

WR • 6'2" • 205 lbs • Lilburn, GA, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

C.J. Daniels reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

20%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

39

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

36

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

51

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Liberty

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Liberty • LSU • Miami
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: North Texas

Player Story

C.J. Daniels built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Lilburn, GA wearing No. 7, spending time with LSU, Liberty, and Miami. The clearest part of C.J. Daniels' career was his receiving...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8115

Parkview · Lilburn, GA

Committed To
Liberty
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2026
Selection
Round 6 · Pick 16
Overall
No. 197
NFL Team
Los Angeles Rams

C.J. Daniels, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Liberty. C.J. Daniels reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
2,991
Receptions
198
Touchdowns
30

Quick Answers

C.J. Daniels quick answers

Latest team and position
Miami · WR
Career Receiving Yards
2,991
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 10 entries · 60 games
Best season
2023 Postseason · Liberty
Top game
North Texas
Recruit profile
3-star · Parkview · Liberty
High school pipeline
Parkview · 27 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
NFL Draft
2026 · Round 6 · Pick 16 · Los Angeles Rams
Latest roster
No. 7 · Senior
2025 Receiving yards rank
557 receiving yards · WR 174th (top 16%) · ACC 28th (top 10%) · National 183rd (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonLiberty711220341
2021 PostseasonLiberty13139060.7
2021 Regular SeasonLiberty1336590860.7
2022 PostseasonLiberty3-0134
2022 Regular SeasonLiberty3338134
2023 PostseasonLiberty14879087.2
2023 Regular SeasonLiberty14479881087.2
2024 Regular SeasonLSU1142480057.6
2025 PostseasonMiami1215166065.8
2025 Regular SeasonMiami1235391765.8

Related Context

C.J. Daniels played WR for Liberty, LSU, and Miami. Across 6 tracked seasons, C.J. Daniels recorded 80 passing yards, 2,991 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Liberty.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

Liberty paired 1,067 primary output with 83.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 72.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Liberty, LSU, Miami.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2024 Regular Season · LSU

Games

11

Receiving Yards / G

43.6

Efficiency

72.3

Usage

14.2

Consistency

65.6

Best Game by takeover score

Arkansas

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. USC: 19. Nicholls: 71. South Carolina: 53. UCLA: 56. South Alabama: 40. Arkansas: 86. Texas A&M: 17. Alabama: 26. Florida: 32. Vanderbilt: 56. Oklahoma: 24

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. USC: 3 by 42.2. Nicholls: 4 by 100. South Carolina: 4 by 88.3. UCLA: 6 by 62.2. South Alabama: 3 by 88.9. Arkansas: 7 by 81.9. Texas A&M: 2 by 56.7. Alabama: 3 by 57.8. Florida: 3 by 71.1. Vanderbilt: 4 by 93.3. Oklahoma: 3 by 53.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins55.1 · Games = 7 · +31.6 vs Losses
Losses23.5 · Games = 4 · -31.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Arkansas

Best efficiency game

100 vs Nicholls

Result
Sun 12/1vs OklahomaW 37-173248809
Sun 11/24vs VanderbiltW 24-174561414024
Sat 11/16@ FloridaL 16-2733210.710.70020
Sun 11/10vs AlabamaL 13-423268.78.70014
Sat 10/26@ Texas A&ML 23-382178.58.5009
Sat 10/19@ ArkansasW 34-1078612.312.30029
Sat 9/28vs South AlabamaW 42-1034013.313.30029
Sat 9/21vs UCLAW 34-176569.39.30023
Sat 9/14@ South CarolinaW 36-3345313.313.30020
Sat 9/7vs NichollsW 44-2147117.817.80034
Sun 9/1vs USCL 20-273196.36.30012

Player Story

C.J. Daniels story

C.J. Daniels built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Lilburn, GA wearing No. 7, spending time with LSU, Liberty, and Miami. The clearest part of C.J. Daniels' career was his receiving role: 198 catches, 2,991 receiving yards, and 28 touchdowns across 60 career games in the available record. His career also includes 80 passing yards, 2 tackles, and 17 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives C.J. Daniels' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Liberty

    2020-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    LSU

    2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Miami

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonLiberty22082.210
2021 PostseasonLiberty62983.315.2409
2021 Regular SeasonLiberty62983.315.20
2022 PostseasonLiberty3876.77.1-591
2022 Regular SeasonLiberty3876.77.10
2023 PostseasonLiberty1,06783.930.81,029
2023 Regular SeasonLiberty1,06783.930.80
2024 Regular SeasonLSU48072.314.2-587
2025 PostseasonMiami55772.719.677
2025 Regular SeasonMiami55772.719.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ North Texas

Week 8 · W 35-26

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

130

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

130 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs New Mexico State

Week 14 · W 49-35 · Conference game

157

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

157 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Sam Houston

Week 6 · W 21-16 · Conference game

157

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

157 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Army

Week 13 · L 16-31 · Conference game

118

Receiving Yards

96.4 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

118 receiving yards with a 98.3 efficiency score.

#5

vs Old Dominion

Week 11 · W 38-10

137

Receiving Yards

95.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

137 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · Liberty

1,067 primary output · 83.9 efficiency · 30.8 usage

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#2

2023 Regular Season · Liberty

87.2

1,067 primary · 83.9 efficiency · 30.8 usage

#3

2025 Postseason · Miami

65.8

557 primary · 72.7 efficiency · 19.6 usage

Milestones

7

100+ receiving yards

2

8+ catch outings

6

2+ TD games