SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: JT Daniels

Ahead of Saturday's Senior Day festivities, take a look back at the career of QB JT Daniels.

JT Daniels (Irvine, Ca.) joined the Mountaineer football team in summer 2022 as a transfer from Georgia. Since, he's played in 10 games for the gold and blue, amassing 2,107 yards passing on 200-327, 13 touchdowns, and nine interceptions. He also has a single rushing touchdown to his name in the season opener against Pitt.

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2021 (r-So.) – Georgia

• Played for coach Kirby Smart at Georgia
• Was 7-0 as the starting quarterback during his tenure with the Bulldogs
• Member of the 2021 CFP National Championship squad
• Starting quarterback in three of 14 games, played in six games overall
• Team’s second-leading passer with 68 completions on 94 attempts, totaling 722 yards and seven TDs
• Completed 22-of-30 passes for 135 yards in season-opening win over No. 3 Clemson
• Missed UAB, Arkansas, Auburn and Florida games because of injury
• Returned to action in reserve role vs. 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 collegians as a “player to watch” for the Walter Camp 2021 Player of the Year award
• Second-team preseason All-SEC, as voted by the league’s 14 head coaches, as well as by attendees at SEC Media Days

2020 (COVID) – Georgia

• Georgia’s starting quarterback in the last four games of the 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 TDs
• Completed 28-of-38 passes for 401 yards and four scores, including TD passes of 48 and 40 yards, in his UGA debut vs. Mississippi State
• Became the 10th quarterback in Georgia history to have 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 fourth-quarter scoring drives in Georgia’s Peach Bowl win over Cincinnati
• Threw for 299 yards and three TDs in win at No. 24 Missouri
• Medically cleared to play just days after the Bulldogs’ season opener at Arkansas
• Participated in preseason camp

2019 (So.) – USC

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

2018 (Fr.) – USC

• Started at quarterback in 11 games (missed the Arizona State game)
• Just the second true freshman USC player 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 vs. UNLV
• Completed 37 (USC record) of 51 passes for 349 yards and 2 TDs vs. Notre Dame
• Threw for 322 yards (30-of-48 passes) vs. Texas
• Threw for a pair of TDs and a 2-point conversion in the second half to help USC overcome a 13-point deficit vs. Washington State
• Missed the Arizona State game after suffering a concussion the week before vs. Utah

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