Former Georgia QB JT Daniels Visiting WVU This Weekend

Prior to the start of spring practice, WVU head football coach Neal Brown was asked about the quarterback situation. Given that all three guys battling for the starting job are not only underclassmen and have also never started a game at the collegiate level, it made sense for there to be interest in a veteran to bridge the gap.

Heading into year four, Neal Brown needs to start winning games and he knows that. At the same time, he wants to build something special with one of these young quarterbacks but he won't force something that's not ready to take place.

“We got three guys who are going to get their reps during the spring. They’re going to go through 15 practices, and they’re going to get a really good evaluation,” Brown said. “If we went and got a transfer quarterback, I don’t know how we get a really good evaluation on the young guys. And it’s not about this fall, but it’s about the future. And, we got three guys here in Garrett Green and Nicco Marchiol and Will Crowder that deserve the opportunity to show what they have. So, we’re going to go through the spring, and the belief is that one of them will take reigns of the job, or we’ll get it narrowed down to two, and if that’s not the case, then we’ll go find a guy. There will be guys available, but I thought it was important for them, and important for the trajectory of our football team, to let those guys have the ability to go out and compete in the spring, and so, we’ll do that.”

This weekend, former Georgia quarterback, JT Daniels, will be on campus for an official visit and will be making his decision at the end of spring. He is also considering Oregon State and Missouri.

Daniels originally began his career at USC where he spent the 2019 season with new offensive coordinator Graham Harrell. Daniels only played in one game that year before suffering a season-ending knee injury. This past season, Daniels was hindered by a lat injury and once he recovered he had lost the starting job to former walk-on Stetson Bennett who would go on to lead the Bulldogs to a national title.

In his four-year collegiate career, Daniels has completed 389/610 passes (63.8%) and has thrown for 4,840 yards, 32 touchdowns, and 16 interceptions.

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