The plan had changed. The decision was made. Daniel Jones was QB1.
The 5-foot-11, 148-pound high school sophomore had watched the start of Charlotte Latin’s 2012 season-opener from the bench, playing behind a 6-foot-4, 200-pound upperclassman from the Midwest.
“He looked the part. He was supposed to be this hot-shot quarterback, and we found out pretty quickly he wasn’t,” then-coach Larry McNulty said of the transfer. “So, I put Daniel in the second half — this skin-and-bones kid who never played varsity — and he sparked us, and just competed like crazy, and had a complete grasp of our offense.