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LSU QB Jayden Daniels lands on Davey O'Brien watch list

On3 imageby:Billy Embody•08/09/23•

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LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels speaks to the media at the 2023 SEC Football Kickoff, Monday July 17,2023 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Nashville,Tn . (Jimmie Mitchell/SEC)

BATON ROUGE – LSU standout quarterback Jayden Daniels had his name added to a second watch list on Tuesday as the senior is one of 35 players who have been named to Davey O’Brien Award Watch List.

Last week, Daniels was named to the Maxwell Award Watch List, which is given to the most outstanding player in college football. 

The Davey O’Brien Award is presented annually to the nation’s best college quarterback. LSU quarterback Joe Burrow won the Davey O’Brien Award in 2019.

Daniels enters his second season with the Tigers after leading LSU to a 10-4 mark and the SEC Western Division title in 2022. Daniels set LSU records for rushing yards (885) and rushing TDs (11) by a quarterback in 2022 and he was one of only two players nationally to rush for 800 yards and throw for at least 2,500 yards.

Daniels’ 3,798 yards of total offense last year ranks second to only Burrow in school history. He also became the first LSU quarterback to rush and pass for three TDs in a game decided in regulation doing so in the win over Florida.

A preseason All-SEC selection, Daniels enters his final season with the Tigers having thrown for 8,938 yards and 49 touchdowns in his college career, three of which were spent at the starting quarterback at Arizona State.

Award                                  Date                                      LSU Players on List

Maxwell                               July 31                                  QB Jayden Daniels, WR Malik Nabers

Outland                                Aug. 1                                   OT Will Campbell, OT Emery Jones, DT Mekhi Wingo     

Bronko Nagurski              Aug. 1                                   LB Harold Perkins, DT Mekhi Wingo

Lou Groza                           Aug. 2                                   None                    

Ray Guy                               Aug. 2                                   P Jay Bramblett

Wuerffel                               Aug. 3                                   RB Josh Williams

Paul Hornung                    Aug. 3                                   None

Mackey                                 Aug. 4                                   Mason Taylor

Rimington                           Aug. 4                                   None

Biletnikoff                            Aug. 7                                   WR Malik Nabers

Davey O’Brien                   Aug. 8                                   QB Jayden Daniels

Doak Walker                      Aug. 9

Dick Butkus                        Aug. 10

Jim Thorpe                          Aug. 10

Walter Camp                      Aug. 11

Bednarik                              Aug. 14

Editor’s Note: LSU release.

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