Even now, here’s how [Jayden] Daniels’ rookie year stacks up with all rookie quarterback seasons since 2010: second in success rate, sixth in EPA per dropback, seventh in first-down/touchdown rate and fifth in Total QBR. Only Dak Prescott was better by success rate, while Prescott, Deshaun Watson, Russell Wilson, Robert Griffin III and Justin Herbert were the five better in EPA. The numbers are telling us that Daniels is going to be a good QB in this league for as long as he stays healthy.
And so is the film. Daniels’ elusiveness and acceleration are well known and need no demonstrations, and at LSU, he threw a beautiful deep ball up against the sideline.