Brian Kelly promotes Jayden Daniels for Heisman: 'What more can you say?'
Brian Kelly again praised his offense after a 56-14 win over Georgia State.
“It was a great performance again by our offense,” Brian Kelly said after the game. “Eight possessions, eight touchdowns; what more could you say? It’s been exciting to watch and I hope everyone enjoyed the efficiency in which they operated.”
Daniels is still second behind Bo Nix among Heisman Trophy betting favorites.
Kelly cited Jayden Daniels’ 8 touchdowns accounted for, and pointed to the 25-for-30 passing performance for 400 yards.
“Generally when you see 25-for-30, you see short passes, screens, flares, things of that nature,” Kelly said. “Just a dominating performance from the offensive side.”
About Daniels, Kelly said he’s shown how assertive and decisiveness in the passing game.
“When you’re 25-for-30 throwing the ball, the decisiveness and decision-making has to be that way,” he said. “But decisiveness is the most important thing for me.”
On defense, after the pair of early touchdowns surrendered, the defenders settled down and played well the rest of the way.
“We’re really resilient, had some nice fourth-down stops, and did a nice job defensively from that perspective,” Kelly said. “These games are not easy when you come out of the SEC with the emotions of playing SEC games, we’ve seen that.”
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Down to 2 now, Nix or Daniels, flip a coin. If Nix shows up Penix in the rematch a couple of weeks from now, it’s his imho
Penix Jr is out barring some amazing feat in his upcoming games.
I don’t think Nix having a good game against Washington is enough. They will have to beat them.
Washington and Oregon are both getting an extra game with the Pac12 championship and one of them is gonna get an extra game with the playoffs, so it’s looking like the Heisman is gonna come down to team success.
Sorry for Daniel’s. I truly think he is the most deserving… LSU’s offense is ranked #1 in the nation in almost every category.
In 2019, LSU had a runaway Heisman winner in Joe Burrow, who accounted for 65 TDs in 15 games. That’s an average of 4.3 TDs per game. Daniels has accounted for 46 TDs in 11 games, an average of 4.2 per game. The main difference is that Burrow had a defense that was average to above average. Daniels leads the nation in points responsible for, QB rating, total offense, and the list goes on. He’s the best QB in college football. I think he’s earned it. But it won’t break my heart if he doesn’t get it. It is what it is.
Daniels deserves it. If he doesn’t it won’t be the first time they missed.
What I find amusing is how they keep talking about Marvin Harrison Jr. Nabers’ numbers blow him out of the water.