Four-down territory: QB Daniels to transfer again

West Virginia backmost JT Daniels is again successful hunt of a caller home.

Sources told ESPN that Daniels intends to participate the NCAA transportation portal, which would pb him to his 4th collegiate halt aft playing astatine USC and Georgia earlier successful his career. He has gone 17-12 arsenic a starter astatine those 3 schools, including 7-0 during his two-year stint astatine Georgia.

Daniels, 22, volition person astatine slightest 1 twelvemonth of eligibility remaining. That could extremity up being 2 years depending connected whether helium gets a aesculapian redshirt for 2019, per a source. He's seeking a location, careless of level, that could assistance him make and fulfill his ambitions to scope the NFL.

Daniels started 10 games for West Virginia, throwing for 2,107 yards with 13 touchdown passes and 9 interceptions. He started the twelvemonth beardown for WVU, arsenic the squad averaged 39 points done six weeks, which was a astir two-touchdown betterment from 2021.

Soon after, West Virginia's discourtesy became much run-centric, successful portion due to the fact that the defence struggled truthful overmuch and WVU needed to amended negociate the game. That yet led to a backmost alteration aft backup Garrett Greene came disconnected the seat successful spot of Daniels and led WVU to an upset of Oklahoma successful Week 10. Greene started the last 2 games, including a 24-19 roadworthy triumph implicit Oklahoma State.

Daniels has crafted a circuitous vocation aft arriving astatine USC successful 2018 and becoming conscionable the 2nd existent freshman successful schoolhouse past to commencement an opener for the Trojans. Injuries derailed his adjacent 3 years, including an ACL wounded successful the USC play opener of the 2019 play that yet led to his transportation to Georgia. Daniels could petition for a aesculapian redshirt for that season.

Daniels has started games successful the Pac-12, SEC and Big 12. He won a nationalist title astatine Georgia past season, winning each 3 games helium started, including the opener against Clemson. Daniels really began the 2021 play arsenic the favourite to triumph the Heisman Trophy. But a lat wounded acceptable him back, and Stetson Bennett yet secured the occupation and Daniels near for WVU successful April.

Over his career, Daniels has thrown for 6,947 yards, 45 touchdowns and 25 interceptions.