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Football Announces Addition of Quarterback – West Virginia University Athletics

By Ronald P. Linkous
May 3, 2022
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University football coach Neal Brown has announced that JT Daniels, a 6-foot-3, 210-pound redshirt senior quarterback from Irvine, Calif., has signed a grant and will transfer to WVU from Georgia.

JT Daniels, r-Sr., QB, 6-3, 210, Irvine, Calif./Catholic Mater Dei/USC/Georgia

2021 (r-Jr.) – Georgia

  • Played for coach Kirby Smart at Georgia
  • Was 7-0 as a starting quarterback during his tenure with the Bulldogs
  • Member of the 2021 CFP National Championship team
  • Starting quarterback in three of 14 games, played six games overall
  • Second best passer on the team with 68 completions on 94 attempts, totaling 722 yards and seven touchdowns
  • Passed 22 of 30 for 135 yards in season-opening win over No. 3 Clemson
  • Missed UAB, Arkansas, Auburn and Florida games due to injury
  • Returned to action in the reserve role against Missouri and completed seven of 11 passes for 82 yards and a TD
  • Started the South Carolina game and completed 23 of 31 passes for 303 yards and three scores
  • Named among 35 middle schoolers as a ‘player to watch’ for the 2021 Walter Camp Player of the Year Award
  • All-SEC Preseason Second Team, as voted by the league’s 14 head coaches, as well as SEC Media Days attendees

2020 (r-So.) – Georgia

  • Georgia starting quarterback in last four games of season, winning all four starts
  • Helped lead the Bulldogs to an 8-2 record, including a Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl win over Cincinnati
  • Finished with 80 completions (119 att.), for 1,231 yards and 10 touchdowns
  • Passed 28 of 38 for 401 yards and four scores, including TD passes for 48 and 40 yards, in his UGA debut against Mississippi State
  • Became the 10th quarterback in Georgia history to complete four touchdown passes in a game
  • Named SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week, Maxwell Award Player of the Week, and Davey O’Brien Award Great 8 for his performance against Mississippi State
  • Went 26-for-38 for 392 yards and a TD, leading three drives in the fourth quarter in Georgia’s Peach Bowl win over Cincinnati
  • Threw for 299 yards and three touchdowns in the win at 24th Missouri
  • Medically cleared to play just days after Bulldogs season opener in Arkansas
  • Participation in the pre-season camp

2018 (So.) – USC

  • Redshirt after a season-ending knee injury suffered in the third quarter of the season opener against Fresno State
  • Had completed 25 of 34 passes for 215 yards prior to the injury
  • Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll for Fall 2019

2018 (Friday) – USC

  • Started as a quarterback in 11 games (missed Arizona State game)
  • Just the second true USC freshman to start at quarterback for USC in a season opener (Matt Barkley was the first in 2009)
  • Was 21 of 35 for 282 yards and a 43-yard touchdown in his debut against UNLV
  • Had a USC-record 37 of 51 passes for 349 yards and 2 touchdowns against Notre Dame
  • Threw for 322 yards (30 of 48 passes) against Texas
  • Tossed for a pair of touchdowns and a 2-point conversion in the second half to help USC overcome a 13-point deficit against Washington State
  • Missed the Arizona State game after suffering a concussion the previous week against Utah

High school

  • Graduated from Mater Dei Catholic High and was coached by Bruce Rollinson
  • Graduated a full year early in order to enroll in USC
  • 2017 Gatorade National Player of the Year
  • Max Preps National Player of the Year
  • PrepStar Dream Team
  • USA Today All USA First Team
  • Two-time Gatorade State Player of the Year and two-time Orange County Offensive Player of the Year
  • Los Angeles Times All-Region Player of the Year
  • Passed 262 of 365 (71.8%) for 4,123 yards and 52 touchdowns with just four interceptions as a senior
  • His 12,014 career passing yards was an Orange County record, as was his 152 TD passes
  • Led Mater Dei to a 38-4 record in his three seasons, including a 15-0 mark, the CIF state title and a final national No. 1 ranking in 2017

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