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Week 8 PFF QB Rankings: Where Kansas Jayhawks' Jalon Daniels Stands

Four Big 12 quarterbacks made PFF's list of the 10 highest graded quarterbacks from Week 8.

Rich Cirminiello

Oct 19, 2024; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas Jayhawks quarterback Jalon Daniels (6) passes the ball against the Houston Cougars during the first quarter at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: William Purnell-Imagn Images
Oct 19, 2024; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas Jayhawks quarterback Jalon Daniels (6) passes the ball against the Houston Cougars during the first quarter at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: William Purnell-Imagn Images / William Purnell-Imagn Images
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Kansas redshirt junior Jalon Daniels just delivered his best game in over a year. And just like that, there's a hint of hope that the Jayhawks can gradually rebound from an awful 1-5 start.

Daniels played to his full potential on Saturday, leading the Jayhawks to a 42-14 victory over Houston in the team's first game off a bye week.

After struggling, badly at times, running Jeff Grimes' offense, Daniels finally looked like the dual-threat who was on the outskirts of Heisman contention when this season began.

Daniels completed 16-of-21 passes for 247 yards, three touchdowns, and no interceptions. He also rushed for 58 yards and another score as part of his best statistical day of the season so far.

Additionally, Daniels was the highest-graded Power Four QB in Week 8 according to PFF, which evaluates players far beyond the box score.

Daniels was one of four Big 12 quarterbacks who made the PFF top 10 in Week 8, joining Kansas State's Avery Johnson, BYU's Jake Retzlaff, and Baylor's Sawyer Robertson. As a bonus, all four quarterbacks led their teams to wins.

Daniels and Johnson will go head-to-head in Manhattan this Saturday evening in the 122nd edition of the Sunflower Showdown.

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Rich Cirminiello
RICH CIRMINIELLO

I've been the VP of College Awards for the Maxwell Football Club since 2008. I oversee and manage all aspects of the Maxwell Award (CFB Player of the Year), Bednarik Award (Defensive POY) and Munger Award (CFB Coach of the Year), including creating watch lists, steering the selection committee and choosing players of the week. I appear weekly on SportsGrid TV to discuss college football, both as a guest and a co-host of various live shows. I oversee and manage two additional college awards, outside the purview of the Maxwell Football Club - former Seattle Seahawk RB Shaun Alexander's Freshman of the Year Award & the Buddy Teevens Award, which was created by Peyton Manning, Archie Manning and Omaha Productions in honor of the late Dartmouth coach. I'm contracted out each May by Phil Steele to help edit the magazine and write select articles leading up to the publication of his annual College Football Preview in June.

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