Ashton Daniels
{{Short description|American football player (born 2004)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox college football player
|name=Ashton Daniels
|school=Auburn Tigers
|currentnumber=14
|currentposition=Quarterback
|class= Junior
|major=
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|2004|05|29}}
|birth_place=Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
|heightft=6
|heightin=2
|weight_lb=215
|highlights=
|highschool=Buford (Buford, Georgia)
|pastschools=
|espn=4838679
}}
Ashton Daniels (born May 29, 2004) is an American football quarterback for the Auburn Tigers. He previously played for the Stanford Cardinal.
Career
=Stanford=
Daniels attended Buford High School in Buford, Georgia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.si.com/college/recruiting/football/stanford-qb-commit-daniels-shines-in-season-opener|title=Stanford QB Commit Daniels Shines in Season-Opener|first=Matt|last=Ray|date=August 21, 2021|website=SI All-American}} As quarterback for the Buford Wolves, he led his team to three straight state championships.{{Cite web |last=Swanson |first=Mike |date=December 11, 2021 |title=Ashton Daniels makes it three years in a row making the state championship-winning throw |url=https://highschool.si.com/news/2021/12/11/ashton-daniels-makes-it-three-years-in-a-row-making-the-state-championship-winning-throw |access-date=September 7, 2023 |website=Sports Illustrated High School News, Analysis and More |language=en}} He committed to Stanford University to play college football.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-28 |title=Buford quarterback Ashton Daniels commits to Stanford University |url=https://www.northgwinnettvoice.com/buford-quarterback-ashton-daniels-commits-to-stanford-university/ |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=North Gwinnett Voice |language=en-US}}
Daniels played in 10 games as the team's wildcat QB as a true freshman during the 2022–23 season. He became Stanford's starting quarterback in his sophomore year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.si.com/college/stanford/football/stanford-football-quarterback-ashton-daniels-shines-in-debut|title=Stanford QB Ashton Daniels shines in debut|first=Kevin|last=Borba|date=September 2, 2023|website=Sports Illustrated All Cardinal News, Analysis and More}}{{cite web | last=Takase | first=Kalani | title=Daniels guides Stanford to 37–24 win over Hawaii in opener | website=Santa Rosa Press Democrat | date=2023-09-02 | url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/sports/ashton-daniels-guides-stanford-to-37-24-win-over-hawaii-in-opener/ | access-date=2024-10-12}} In his first start, he passed for 249 yards and two touchdowns against Hawaii.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-02 |title=Stanford Cardinal open Troy Taylor era with win over Hawaii |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/09/02/daniels-guides-stanford-to-37-24-win-over-hawaii-in-opener/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=The Mercury News|agency=Associated Press |language=en-US}}
=Auburn=
On December 16, 2024, Daniels announced he was transferring to Auburn University, to play for the Auburn Tigers football team.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-16 |title=Auburn adds a second QB from portal by landing Ashton Daniels from Stanford |url=https://apnews.com/article/transfer-portal-college-football-pribula-dfeb74e8e8e8c61f2661a1166d1ac13e |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=AP News |language=en}}
=Statistics=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ College statistics ! rowspan="2"| Season ! colspan="3"| Games ! colspan="8"| Passing ! colspan="5"| Rushing | |||||||||||||||
| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan="16" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Stanford Cardinal}}"| Stanford Cardinal | |||||||||||||||
| 2022
| 10 || 0 || 0–0 || 5 || 6 || 83.3 || 39 || 6.5 || 0 || 0 || 137.9 || 25 || 156 || 6.2 || 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 2023
| 12 || 10 || 2–8 || 191 || 325|| 58.8 || 2,247 || 6.9 || 11 || 8 || 123.1 || 109 || 292 || 2.7 || 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 2024
| 11 || 10 || 3–7 || 170 || 271 || 62.7 || 1,700 || 6.3 || 10 || 12 || 118.7 || 148 || 669 || 4.5 || 3 | |||||||||||||||
| colspan="16" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Auburn Tigers}}"| Auburn Tigers | |||||||||||||||
| 2025
| 0 || 0 || – || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| [https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/ashton-daniels-1.html Career] | 33 | 20 | 5–15 | 366 | 602 | 60.8 | 3,968 | 6.6 | 21 | 20 | 121.3 | 282 | 1,117 | 4.0 | 9 |
References
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External links
- [https://gostanford.com/sports/football/roster/ashton-daniels/20205 Stanford Cardinal bio]
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Category:Players of American football from Atlanta
Category:Buford High School (Georgia) alumni
Category:American football quarterbacks
Category:Stanford Cardinal football players
Category:Auburn Tigers football players
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