Jayden Daniels, the dazzling quarterback for LSU, is the AP college football player of the year
by Brett Martel
Dec 07, 2023
2 minutes
LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels is The Associated Press college football player of the year, the school's second winner in the past five seasons.
Daniels received 35 of the 51 first-place votes and 130 total points from AP Top 25 poll voters. The Heisman Trophy finalist finished comfortably ahead of Washington quarterback Michael Penix, who was second with 15 first-place votes and 97 points.
QB Bo Nix was receiver Marvin Harrison fourth and Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon II fifth. Nix received the other first-place vote. USC quarterback Caleb Williams, the 2022 AP Player of the Year and last year's Heisman winner, did not receive votes this season.
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