USC football fans know the journey JT Daniels made in the college football world. He went to USC, got hurt, transferred to multiple other places, decided to try out coaching, and is thinking about what he ultimately wants to do. Julian Lewis wants to play football, but like Daniels, a path which seemed to start at USC is going in other directions. It’s a really interesting combination of obvious parallels and equally obvious contrasts. Crissy Froyd of Draft Wire dives into some of those nuances in this thought-provoking piece:
While Lewis hasn’t entered a portal of any sort — that only exists in college — he has shown he’s open to options and changing commitments. That’s something Daniels was no stranger to, becoming the first four-conference starter in college football history between USC, Georgia, West Virginia and Rice.
But the parallels do not stop there.
Curiously enough, Daniels has ended up in the city of Carrollton himself, the same place Lewis’ rise began. But for Daniels, the town has presented a much different pathway.
Daniels has put his playing days behind him, retiring from football due to concussion issues in December of 2023 after spending a single season with the Rice Owls. He now works as an offensive analyst at the University of West Georgia with a heavy emphasis on working with the quarterbacks.
It is notable how the paths of Julian Lewis and JT Daniels do — and don’t, and could still — intersect. Past, present, and future create a strange and uncertain landscape in which two young men face a universe of choices and have only just begun to write their life stories.
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