Georgia quarterback JT Daniels gave some important news about the 2020 season. The transfer quarterback announced Monday that he will be eligible to play in the 2020 season after the transfer from USC.
Thank you to the NCAA for granting me immediate eligibility and allowing me to play soccer this fall. I won’t comment on the exemption or transfer, but I look forward to a great 2020 season with my teammates.
– JT Daniels (@ jtdaniels06) July 13, 2020
“Thank you to the NCAA for granting me immediate eligibility and allowing me to play soccer this fall,” wrote Daniels. “I won’t comment on the exemption or transfer, but I’m looking forward to a great 2020 season with my teammates.”
Related: More about what JT Daniels eligibility means for Georgia
There were a series of initial reactions from the world of college football, stemming from the surprise that Daniels was eligible for what this could mean for fellow transfer quarterback Jamie Newman, who transferred to Georgia in January.
https://t.co/ZlIqj8eNwd pic.twitter.com/hfsafwI1qW
– Cecil Hurt (@CecilHurt) July 13, 2020
Immediate eligibility for JT Daniels, the former 5-star starting quarterback of USC
UGA now has a legitimate QB depth: How quickly can they install Monken’s vertical pass offensive? https://t.co/wRCOj0rVPw
– Choose six previews (@PickSixPreviews) July 13, 2020
Competition will be fierce 😬 pic.twitter.com/oUURIGFLcL
– Dawgin on PTC (@DawgsAx) July 13, 2020
From the timeline where a 2020 soccer season is still going on: August Heisman’s favorites Jamie Newman and Spencer Rattler have legitimate competition just to win their respective starting jobs. https://t.co/9pZekYPEFa
– Matt Hinton (@MattRHinton) July 13, 2020
Georgia now loses a 2,500 yard passerby since 2019 … and brings two 2,500 yard passersby by 2020. https://t.co/Zq7wbFfq3R
– Bill Connelly (@ESPN_BillC) July 13, 2020
UH OH 👀 https://t.co/aBmaf15Z4s
– Barstool UGA (@ugabarstool) July 13, 2020
Great news for Georgia. JT Daniels, the former USC QB who transferred to Georgia in May, announced that he received an NCAA waiver and will be able to play this season.
Former five-star recruit who served as the starting QB for USC before suffering an injury early last year.
– Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) July 13, 2020
Wow.
JT Daniels has been declared immediately eligible by the NCAA. https://t.co/jqeZMqNDFH
– Unnecessary roughness (@UnnecRoughness) July 13, 2020
JT Daniels is immediately eligible in Georgia. If you are confused just refer to the Flowchart pic.twitter.com/RLcf4ogXfy
– Alex Kirshner (@alex_kirshner) July 13, 2020
Unpopular Opinion: JT Daniels will start more games for Georgia this year than Jamie Newman. @ Athens, Georgia https://t.co/e8PAnBJNKQ
– Barrett Sallee (@BarrettSallee) July 13, 2020
I support that all players can transfer and play right away, so I’m glad to see that JT Daniels received his NCAA waiver, but he transferred to Georgia on May 28 and already got his waiver.
Cade Mays transferred to Tennessee on January 8 and is still waiting for the NCAA.
– SEC Mike (@MichaelWBratton) July 13, 2020
Somewhere as you read this, a message board from a rival University of Georgia football team program is turning JT Daniels’ immediate eligibility into something negative.
– Logan Booker (@LoganMBooker) July 13, 2020
Daniels spent the past two seasons at USC. He started 11 games as a freshman for USC in 2018, throwing 14 touchdowns to 10 interceptions. Daniels started the opening game of the 2019 USC season, but broke his ACL in the first half. He missed the rest of the season and announced his transfer from USC in April.
Daniels has shown that he has returned to training with a knee brace on.
What makes Daniels’ situation so interesting is that he is the second transfer quarterback Georgia has brought in this offseason, as the aforementioned Newman arrived in January. Newman has received a lot of publicity this offseason, with some tabs as a possible first-round pick, while others have billed him as the Heisman Trophy favorite.
Newman brings the added threat in the running game, as he ran for 574 rushing yards last season and six touchdowns. He also threw 26 touchdowns last season at Wake Forest.
Both Newman and Daniels will play for a new offensive coordinator in Georgia, as the Bulldogs brought in Todd Monken to replace James Coley. Monken spent the past four seasons working in the NFL as an offensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkvRfL5PUDI
Newman and Daniels will have several talented weapons to target during the 2020 season, especially wide receiver George Pickens.
Related: JT Daniels Incorporation Continues Georgia Soccer Advance in California Recruitment
Of course, all of this is up in the air right now, given the concern of having a 2020 season due to COVID-19. Big Ten and Pac-12 have announced they will play conference-only games in the 2020 season. The ACC and SEC have said they will make a decision on the matter in late July.
As of this moment, Georgia still plans to open the 2020 season against Virginia on September 7 in Atlanta. The Bulldogs will be able to practice completely from August 9, although the players will be able to make tours from July 26.
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