Phil Simms Compares Jayden Daniels' LSU Career To Joe Burrow's
The LSU Tigers are no strangers to having Heisman Trophy winners on their roster over the years, and most recently have had two in the past five seasons. This past season quarterback Jayden Daniels took college football by storm, earning the Tigers' third Heisman in program history.
A few years earlier, LSU had Joe Burrow take home the honor at the quarterback position. The two players both transferred over to Baton Rouge, where their careers changed forever.
Daniels is expected to be one of the top quarterbacks selected in the upcoming NFL Draft this season. His two years at LSU were electric, and former quarterback Phil Simms seems to believe that he is right there with Burrow in terms of LSU hierarchy.
Simms appeared on Simms Complete to discuss the career that Daniels put together with the Tigers.
"But his production, the throwing had a lot in common with Joe Burrow. Go to LSU, he had one year where they didn't throw it, Joe Burrow, then his senior year, his last year, they threw it, almost every single down and Jayden Daniels had two years of that. And the second year, he was better than the first. They run a lot of pro concepts. With all that experience, he could look at number one and go to the second, third receivers and also he was really good at saying, 'hey one and two, alright I can see the defense is gonna cover them,' so he would make the adjustment to go to the other side and throw the football."
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Daniels threw for 3,812 yards and 40 touchdowns last season. He also added 1,134 yards on the ground as well and 10 rushing touchdowns.
Being a dual-threat quarterback is the biggest difference between Daniels and Burrow. But Burrow was able to have more team success, winning the 2019 National Championship with LSU. However, Daniels should be able to translate his skill set well to the next level.
"His speed. Oh my gosh. When he gets into the open field and he starts to really open it up, I mean he went around some players. NFL players, secondary guys. They had the angle on him and he just turned it on and went down the sideline for huge gains."
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He took over the sport in arguably the hardest conference to play in, the SEC, leading the Tigers to a 10-3 record. Daniels took home the biggest individual prize the sport has to offer and has put himself into LSU history forever.
