LSU QB Jayden Daniels dismisses reports he doesn't want to play for Commanders
DETROIT -- A little more than 24 hours from the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft, many NFL prospects in attendance for the event seem to know nothing concrete about their eventual fate. After USC quarterback Caleb Williams, the presumptive No. 1 overall pick to the Chicago Bears on Thursday, the rest of the picture -- especially with the top quarterbacks -- gets cloudier.
But for LSU's Jayden Daniels, he said he'll be happy going wherever he ends up.
Daniels is considered the speculative favorite to be the second pick, currently owned by the Washington Commanders. He dismissed on Wednesday recent media reports suggesting that Washington might not be his first choice for a landing spot, saying he "100 percent" would be fine if the Commanders drafted him second overall.
"I'm blessed to go wherever I'm called," Daniels told reporters at Wednesday's "Play Football" event with Special Olympics athletes. "Whoever calls my phone, (when the) commissioner gets up and says my name, I'll be blessed, and they're going to get my all.
"That's the best … the best opportunity. I will say they believe in me, so I'm gonna put in the work."
Daniels noted that he hasn't received any definitive word on how things will go down on the clock. His only expectation for Round 1, he said laughing, was "to hear my name called" -- and any control he might have had over the process was now out of his hands.
"I don't have a choice in (the matter)," Daniels said. "The only choice is to be blessed wherever I go."
Daniels was one of about 20 NFL prospects -- including other QBs such as UNC's Drake Maye, Michigan's J.J. McCarthy and Washington's Michael Penix Jr. -- whom the Commanders invited on a team visit simultaneously, taking the group to a local Topgolf
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