JT Daniels transferring to play college football at West Virginia following stints at USC, Georgia

The winding collegiate career of quarterback JT Daniels has turned onto a country road.

Daniels told ESPN that he's transferring to West Virginia and that he called coach Neal Brown and informed him of the decision Wednesday morning.

Daniels was the most notable player remaining in the NCAA transfer portal. The 6-foot-3, 210-pound quarterback went 7-0 as a starter over the past two seasons at Georgia.

«Going up and down the roster, I feel like they have very, very good pieces everywhere,» Daniels told ESPN in a phone interview. «It feels like a great fit for quarterback. I feel like there's a really, really, really good team that I'm going to step into and do my part to contribute.»

Daniels transferred to Georgia after playing the 2018 and 2019 seasons at USC. He's a former ESPN 300 recruit from Mater Dei High School (Orange County, California) — one of the country's most prolific quarterback incubators.

He chose West Virginia over Missouri and Oregon State after taking visits to all three in recent weeks. The confluence of a strong complement of five returning offensive linemen with 107 combined career starts, experienced skill players and the impression left by Brown led to Daniels choosing the Mountaineers.

The move to Morgantown also reunites Daniels with Graham Harrell, another important factor in his decision. Harrell is the new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at West Virginia. Harrell overlapped with Daniels as the offensive coordinator at USC in 2019.

Daniels said the familiarity with the Air Raid system that Harrell ran at USC will help ease the transition, as the offense is essentially the one he learned back in 2019.

«It definitely helped knowing Graham coming into it and having a really good