Eight months have passed since [autotag]Jayden Daniels[/autotag] suited up for LSU football, but the accolades from his prolific 2023 campaign continue to roll in. Shortly after earning SEC Male Athlete of the Year, Daniels was named the Corbett Award Winner, a trophy annually awarded by the Sugar Bowl to the top amateur athlete in the state of Louisiana.
Daniels is the first LSU football player to win the award since [autotag]Joe Burrow[/autotag] in 2019. He follows in the footsteps of former LSU baseball star [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag], who took home the award last year.
He joins a long list of Louisiana greats, including [autotag]Pete Maravich[/autotag] and [autotag]Kim Mulkey[/autotag], who won the award twice while she played for Louisiana Tech.
The award is named for James J. Corbett, a former LSU athletic director.
It comes as no surprise after Daniels lit up the stat sheet en route to a Heisman in 2023, throwing for 3,812 yards and running for 1,134 more.
Jayden Daniels | Corbett Award Winner
No. 5 has been named the Top Male Amateur in Louisiana by @SugarBowlNola pic.twitter.com/ZbDdZANw5F
— LSU Football (@LSUfootball) July 9, 2024
Daniels went on to be the second overall pick in the NFL draft as the Washington Commanders put their faith in the former LSU star to turn around an offense that’s struggled for a few years now.
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