ACTIVE

Jayden 
Daniels

QB
#5
|
WAS Commanders
6'4"
210lbs
23y/o
Jayden Daniels headshot
Overall Grade '24
87.9
6th/66 - QBs
Passing Yards '24
2819
16th/66 - QBs
Passing TDs '24
15
16th/66 - QBs
WK 15 MATCHUP
@ NO 12/15, 6:00 PM
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BIO

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Fantasy Insights

Jayden Daniels headshot
Jayden Daniels
QB
BYE: 14
WEEK 15@NO
12/15, 6:00 PM
DRAFT RANK
QB-9
PROJ PTS
317.02
ADP
30.4
Daniels achieved a 91.5 PFF rushing grade throughout his college career, which is the best among Power-Five quarterbacks over the last decade, joining Lamar Jackson, Anthony Richardson and Caleb Williams. He similarly has the most avoided tackles while Jackson and Hurts ranked in the top five. Not only was the quality of his running better, but he chose to scramble far more than any other quarterback has. He scrambled 258 times throughout his college career, which was also the most for a quarterback in the last decade. The next closest was 180. This could lead to more rushing attempts and big runs from Daniels than other rushing quarterbacks. Every quarterback with 100 or more rushing attempts in the last decade has averaged at least 18 fantasy points per start, a number that should easily be in reach by Daniels.
His passing shouldn’t be overlooked either, as he has the best mechanics of any passer in the class. He received a respectable 84.0 career passing grade in college. We shouldn’t expect him to be as good of a passer as Hurts is now, but ideally, he is better than Hurts as a rookie.
The Commanders added offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury. Kyler Murray was a top-12 fantasy quarterback in points per game in all four seasons when Kingsbury was his head coach, including his 2019 rookie season. Kingsbury’s offense should be an asset to Daniels, or at the very least not hold him back. He is being selected as one of the worst options among fantasy starting quarterbacks, but he should be closer to the middle of the starters with the upside to finish among the top three quarterbacks.

Past Performance

Touchdowns
AVG L5
0.4
TDS
vs Last 5
vs Similar Defenses
10
8
6
4
2
0
0 TDS
@NYG
WK 9
0 TDS
PIT
WK 10
0 TDS
@PHI
WK 11
1 TDS
DAL
WK 12
1 TDS
TEN
WK 13
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Week Projections

Rankings
PROJ PTS
21.6
@ NO Saints WK 15
WEEKLY RANK
QB-3
@ NO Saints WK 15
PROJ PASS YDS
222.1
@ NO Saints WK 15
PROJ PASS TDS
1.1
@ NO Saints WK 15
PROJ INT
0.6
@ NO Saints WK 15
PROJ PASS ATT
30
@ NO Saints WK 15

Grades

Players receive a ranking if they qualify 25% of the maximum targets, run attempts or dropbacks at the position (depending on the metric).
OVERALL GRADE
87.9
AVG
6th/66 QBs
PASSING GRADE
83.1
AVG
8th/66 QBs
RUSHING GRADE
81.4
AVG
10th/66 QBs

Season Stats

Players receive a ranking if they qualify 25% of the maximum targets, run attempts or dropbacks at the position (depending on the metric).
ATTEMPTS 2024
362
17th/66 QBs
PASSING TDS 2024
15
16th/66 QBs
PASSING YDS 2024
2819
16th/66 QBs
INTERCEPTIONS 2024
6
42nd/66 QBs

Passing

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Rank
17
th
Passing Snaps
362
13
th
Dropbacks
447
17
th
Attempts
362
16
th
Passing Yards
2819
16
th
Passing Touchdowns
15
42
nd
Interceptions
6
35
th
aDot
7.8
14
th
Average Time-to-Throw
2.94
28
th
Pressure-to-Sack Rate %
19.5%
19
th
Big-Time Throws
14
34
th
Turnover-Worthy Plays
8

Rushing

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Rank
8
th
Rushing Snaps
328
3
rd
Designed Runs
108
5
th
Designed Run Yards
182
66
th
Scrambles
54
1
st
Scramble Yards
408
3
rd
Rushing Touchdowns
6

Career

Teams
Year
Washington Commanders
2024 - Present
LSU Tigers
2022 - 2023
Arizona State Sun Devils
2019 - 2021