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 High School Highlights & Comments
| B.J. Daniels - Career Statistics |
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Passing |
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Rushing |
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Year
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GP-GS
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COMP
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ATT
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PCT |
YDS |
TD |
INT |
YDS/G |
ATT |
YDS |
TD |
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2008
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2-0
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4
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5
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80.0 |
86 |
0 |
0 |
43.0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
| 2009 |
13-10 |
122 |
227 |
53.7 |
1,983 |
14 |
9 |
152.5 |
175 |
772 |
9 |
| Career |
15-10 |
126 |
232 |
54.3 |
2,069 |
14 |
9 |
137.9 |
178 |
774 |
9 |
Coach Vaas on Daniels:
“A very athletic and charismatic player. He is developing into a very good pocket passer for us as well and is a tremendous athletic performer.”
2010 Spring: Listed at No. 1 quarterback in the post-spring depth chart.
2009: Named to BIG EAST All-Freshman Team by ESPN.com … As a redshirt-freshman, took over for BIG EAST record holder Matt Grothe midway through the Charleston Southern game and never looked back … Led team with 772 rushing yards and nine rushing touchdowns, with his rushing total standing as the fifth-best mark ever and the second-most by a QB … Only quarterback in USF history with four 100-yard rushing games in one season (Charleston Southern, Florida State, West Virginia and Louisville) … Only player in USF and BIG EAST history to rush for 100 yards and pass for 300 yards in a single game, which he accomplished against Louisville…Was the 28th player in FBS history to complete this feat. … Had his best passing day of the season against the Cardinals with 304 yards, rushing for an additional season-high 141 … Outgained Louisville as a team, which had 313 yards on the day. … His 445 yards of total offense stands as the second-best single-game mark in USF history … Averaged 6.9 yards per play on total offense … Threw for 14 touchdown passes and had nine interceptions … Completed 122 passes for 1,983 yards …. Led the country for several weeks in yards per pass completion … Finished the season with an average of 16.3, the best mark in USF history … Carried an efficiency rating of 139.6, the second-best mark in school annals … Mr. Big Play accounted for 21 passes of 25 yards or more and eight runs of 25 yards or more … Threw an 85-yard touchdown pass to Carlton Mitchell at Syracuse, the second-longest pass in USF history … Owns four of the top 11 longest passes ever … Had three passing touchdowns against West Virginia … Also had three rushing thouchdowns against UConn … Was named the program’s Rookie of the Year along with defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul as well as the Offensive Playmaker of the Year and the Offensive MVP.
2008: Worked as the third-string quarterback ... Flashed potential while completing 4-4 passes and accumulating 96 passing yards in the season opener against UT Martin ... Also was under center for one series against NC State when he gained 10 rushing yards on two carries ... Injury kept him out of action after the NC State game and the USF medical staff applied for a medical redshirt after the year ... Two-sport athlete joined the USF basketball team in December and did not travel to the magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl.
LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL: Rated 44th best quarterback in the country by Scout.com ... Ranked eighth in the country for dual threat QBs and as having the fifth-strongest arm nationally by Rivals.com ... Named All-Big Bend (Tallahassee Democrat) Player of the Year in both football and basketball following his senior season, which is believed to be the first ever time one prepster has accomplished that feat ... Voted 2007 Tallahassee QB Club player of the year ... Was a 5A first team all-state member ... One of the top 75 players in the state of Florida ... Set Lincoln High School record with 34 passing touchdowns ... Owned 2,500 passing, 972 rushing and 12 rushing touchdowns ... Tabbed a 2007 team captain and the 2007 team MVP ... Named offensive MVP as a sophomore and junior ... Was also a 5A first-team all-state selection in basketball who is expected to join the basketball team after the completion of the football season ... Averaged 27 points per game as a senior to break the school’s season record for scoring average ... Had season high of 45 points and also had a 37-point game ... Voted the 2007 MVP and team captain in basketball ... Earned honorable mention Big Bend in football and basketball as a junior and a four year varsity starter in both sports.
PERSONAL: Born on October 24, 1989 ... Full name is Bruce Edward Daniels ... Son of Bruce and Rhonda Daniels ... Has two sisters: Laurel and Elena ... Uncle Ramon Lester played defensive line at Auburn ... Uncle Paul played basketball at Auburn with Charles Barkley ... Majoring in visual and performing arts.
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