ASU quarterback Jayden Daniels inspired his first season, with nearly 3,000 yards, 17 touchdowns and just two interceptions and caught the eye in some school quarterbacks as a quarterback to watch next season (when that might be).
But a rating is very high for Daniels.
Pro Football Focus recently ranked 130-quarters of FBS by 2020 and Daniels is number 63 on the list.
Yes, no 63.
Among the Pac-12 quarterbacks, he ranks No. 7, several quarterbacks with much less delight than him (including Arizona quarterback Grant Gunnell, number 2 among Pac-12 quarterbacks and number thirteen in the PFF overall).
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Anthony Treash wrote about Daniels in the standings: “Daniels is a skilled creator of resolutions as a smuggler, which is not unusual for a student of a genuine year. But the big fear, and the explanation for why we’re not positive about your 2020, is that 17% of your passes in 2019 resulted in a QB failure. Daniels’ accuracy is well below average, but the herbal ability is there.”
Treash how he established his rating as follows:
“What systems are in maximum productivity and worse in the quarterback position as we look toward the 2020 school football season? With the help of PFF College’s advanced database, which is now available to first-time subscribers, we can respond to this query and provide the accurate maximum scores of school football quarterbacks. 130 FBS systems.”
Daniels’ rating through Pro Football Focus has provoked questions and outrage on social media.
After all, Daniels is widely regarded as the Pac-12 quarterback for 2020 (behind USC’s Kedon Slovis, who came in seventh place on the PFF list).
Many others have criticized the list, adding ASU football announcer Tim Healey and Arizona radio personality and quarterbacks coach Dan Manucci.
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This is the first time Daniels has had a low Pro Football Focus rating.
In January, Daniels was appointed as the least accurate pac-12 smuggler.
At the time, he ranked him 72th in school football.
Yes, no 72.
Arizona quarterbacks last season, Khalil Tate and Grant Gunnell, ranked 25th on that list.
Cam Mellor wrote: “An amazing athlete this season for the Sun Devils, Daniels had a wonderful year, completing 17 landings as opposed to just two interceptions. However, his accuracy simply wasn’t there for the maximum of the year, as he left a ton of yards to be desired. Despite the incredibly noisy landing total, Daniels really finished the season as the Pac-12’s least accurate quarterback, throwing a precise pass only 48.4% of the time. In your career as a possible three- or four-year opener, you’ll want your accuracy for years to come. When he batted, his thirteen big pitches were incredibly fun to watch.
Several other sites are well above Daniels in their school football quarterbacks rankings, appearing in the Top 10 in several of them.
Brad Crawford of 247 Sports projected that Daniels would be next season’s fifth-best school quarterback.
He wrote: “Project here, however, Arizona State’s most productive player has the chance to be the most productive player on the West Coast and one of the most impressive players in the country if it progresses as Sun Devils coach Herm Edwards hopes.” (I said I’ll build it around you now,” Edwards told Daniels 247Sports.” You’ve earned my trust. We want to locate them, guys who can help us on the perimeter and in the back box. Array and I believe we want to consolidate the offensive line for you. No school football quarterback has led more winning records than Daniels last season and did so with ice in his veins like a true new student. Daniels throws a catchable ball and showed impressive accuracy in the box when the Sun Devils took risks.”