NASHVILLE – Daniel Jones has the same college coach, a similar demeanor and even looks the part.
So if he ends up landing with the Giants and learning from Eli Manning as his introduction to the NFL, that would be just fine by him.
“That’d be awesome. I’d be extremely excited about that,” the Duke quarterback said Wednesday at Nissan Stadium, on the eve of the NFL draft. “The opportunity to learn from a guy like Eli, to watch him, the way he carries himself day in and day out, would be a tremendous learning opportunity for a young guy.