LSU’s Daniels edges UW’s Penix to win Heisman
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Paolo Uggetti, ESPNDec 9, 2023, 09:03 PM ET
For the second year in a row and the fifth time in the past seven years, a transfer quarterback has won the Heisman Trophy.LSU’s Jayden Daniels, who started his college career at Arizona State before transferring to Baton Rouge in 2022, won the sport’s most prominent specific award Saturday night after representing 4,946 yards of offense(3,812 passing backyards, 1,134 hurrying yards) and 50 overall touchdowns this season.Daniels received 503 first-place votes and 2,029
total indicate beat out 2 fellow transfer quarterbacks in Washington’s Michael Penix Jr.(292 top place, 1,701 overall)and Oregon’s Bo Nix (51 top place, 885 total), in addition to Ohio State wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. (20 top place, 352 overall )in an event held at Lincoln Center in New York City City. Florida State’s Jordan Travis placed 5th after receiving eight first-place votes for 85 total points.PLAYER 1ST TOTAL Jayden Daniels, LSU 503 2,029 Michael Penix Jr., Wash. 292 1,701 Bo Nix, Oregon 51 885 Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio St. 20 352
Bernardino, California, is the very first player because 2016 to win the Heisman as part of a team that did not play for a conference title. The No. 13 Tigers will play Wisconsin in the ReliaQuest Bowl on
Jan. 1, though Daniels has not yet decided if he will play.”
I truly wish I could have brought you back another champion,” Daniels stated as he thanked the LSU fans.Daniels led all FBS players in QBR(95.7 ), lawns per attempt(11.7, an FBS record)and passing touchdowns( 40), along with conclusions of 20 backyards or more( 70). His 72.2 completion portion was seventh in the country, while his total offending lawns per game (412.2)were initially, 74 backyards better than the next finest player.As a runner, Daniels was topped by just 25 running backs in
yards per game, and his 8.4 rushing backyards per effort was excellent enough for 4th in FBS among all running backs.
In every season because he entered college, Daniels has actually improved upon his output as a runner, more than tripling his 2019 rushing backyards amount to in 2023. Editor’s Picks 2 Associated A four-star recruit out of Cajon High School in San Bernardino, Daniels first dedicated to ASU in 2018 before winning the beginning quarterback task heading into the Sun Devils’2019 season. He was the very first real freshman to be a starting quarterback in the program’s history.Daniels ‘time in Tempe featured some highs– a freshman campaign that featured 2,943 yards and 17 goals– in addition to some lows, including a 10-interception season in 2021. Before that season, the NCAA revealed Arizona State was under
examination
for several prospective recruiting violations.Following the 2021 season at ASU, Daniels revealed he would be transferring to LSU, which had just employed Brian Kelly as its head coach. Throughout his very first season as a Tiger, Daniels led LSU to nine wins and the SEC Championship Game while throwing for 2,774
backyards and running for 818 more.But even with Daniels at the helm after making a substantial leap in his 5th year, LSU couldn’t improve upon its 2022 season, once again winning nine regular-season games. This year, that was unsatisfactory to make it to the conference championship.Yet when it pertained to the Heisman, Daniels’ data were far too excellent. Daniels is the 2nd FBS player with 40 pass goals, 10 rush ratings and 1,000 rushing backyards in a season– the other being Murray in 2018. Though the Heisman only encapsulates this season, Daniels’ honor is also a career accomplishment award. He is the first player in FBS history to reach 12,000 profession death and 3,000 profession hurrying yards.Daniels is the third LSU player to win the Heisman( Billy Cannon in 1959 and Joe Burrow in 2019 )along with the third straight quarterback to win the award and the seventh in the previous eight years.Information from The Associated Press was utilized in this report.