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Potential landing spots for former USC QB J.T. Daniels

.@DonJamesSports tries to map out some decisions which might make sense for the well-traveled J.T. Daniels.

J.T. Daniels has played for USC, Georgia, and West Virginia, but is now entering the college football transfer portal once again to land at his fourth school in five years.

Daniels, a former five star and 2019 National Gatorade Player of The Year, previously played for USC and then Georgia before landing with the Mountaineers last offseason, compiling a 17-12 overall record at those schools, including a perfect 7-0 mark when he was the starter at Georgia before an injury caused him to lose his job to 2022 Heisman finalist Stetson Bennett, who won last season’s national championship in Athens.

Daniels will have at least one year of eligibility remaining, but he could get a second year depending on if he can get a medical redshirt for 2019 when he tore his ACL as a Trojan.

In his full college career, Jonathan Tyler Daniels has 6,947 total passing yards with 45 touchdowns and 25 interceptions.

Let’s see where his next stop might be:

Top 10 USC players coached by Mater Dei legend Bruce Rollinson

Mater Dei coach Bruce Rollinson retired weeks ago at the end of the high school playoffs. @DonJamesSports looks at the great Trojans he coached over the years.

It is the end of an era and the changing of the guard at one of the most storied and successful high school football programs in the country, a central locus of elite talent and a source of the foremost football recruits in the United States.

After 34 years as the head coach at Mater Dei, Bruce Rollinson is stepping away from the top high school football program in America.

No one was sure when Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, Calif.) head coach Bruce Rollinson was going to step away from coaching. Most knew it would be soon, and the high school football world got its answer a few weeks ago when the program’s football account tweeted a message from Rollinson.

“I have recently decided that this year will be my last year as head coach of Mater Dei football. After playing at Mater Dei more than 50 years ago, 47 years coaching at Mater Dei and 34 years as the head coach, making this decision at this time with the entire starting lineup returning next year, should make it easier for the next coach and Mater Dei to continue our winning tradition.”

Rollinson finished his 34th year as head coach, going 341-87-2, leading Mater Dei to three CIF Open Division state titles (2017, 2018, 2021). The school has finished ranked in the MaxPreps Top 25 every year since 2016, excluding 2020 when football was moved to the spring and not included in the national rankings.

Mater Dei has earned six high school national championships under Rollinson’s leadership, and fell one win short of a seventh this season. The Monarchs were ranked No. 1 in the MaxPreps Top 25 as they headed into the CIF Southern Section final. They lost to St. John Bosco, 24-222. The program won 28 games in a row under Rollinson, a streak snapped by Bosco in the championship game.

During his long and successful tenure at Mater Dei, Rollinson has coached multiple Heisman Trophy-winning quarterbacks: former USC QB Matt Leinart and current Alabama QB Bryce Young.

The program has produced hundreds of Division I college football players during his time as head coach, including current Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Trent McDuffie, and former USC QB Matt Barkley.

We wanted to take a look at the production of former USC Trojans over his 34 years as head coach at Mater Dei. Here’s a look at the top 10 players coached by Bruce Rollinson who played at USC.