
Quarterback, Duke, 2015–18
Daniel Jones
Lettered 2016–18 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 17
- Height
- 6′5″
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Class (2018)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Charlotte, NC
- Born
- May 27, 1997, in Charlotte, North Carolina
Wikipedia readers: about 25,364 a month over the past year
Daniel Jones played quarterback at Duke (2015–18). The New York Giants took Jones in the first round, No. 6 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
423passing yards, career highvs. Temple, 20185touchdown passes, career highvs. Temple, 2018186rushing yards, career highvs. North Carolina, 20182rushing touchdowns, career highfour times; last vs. Northwestern, 2017Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | GS | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2016 | 12 | 12 | 270 | 430 | 62.8 | 2,836 | 16 | 9 | 126.3 | 141 | 486 | 3.4 | 7 |
| 2017 | 13 | 13 | 257 | 453 | 56.7 | 2,691 | 14 | 11 | 112.0 | 161 | 518 | 3.2 | 7 |
| 2018 | 11 | 11 | 237 | 392 | 60.5 | 2,674 | 22 | 9 | 131.7 | 104 | 319 | 3.1 | 3 |
| Career | 36 | 36 | 764 | 1,275 | 8,201 | 52 | 29 | 406 | 1,323 | 17 | |||
From the college statistics table in Jones’s Wikipedia article (Daniel Jones (American football), CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage | Adj. pass | Adj. rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Duke | 534 | 0.23 | 44th (n=152) | 0.25 | 122.8 | 63% | 0.26 | 0.25 |
| 2017 | Duke | 612 | 0.10 | 13th (n=160) | 0.25 | 60.0 | 59% | 0.08 | 0.24 |
| 2018 | Duke | 496 | 0.20 | 35th (n=160) | 0.26 | 96.7 | 63% | 0.35 | 0.25 |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2018 Duke 11 games, 2,674 passing yards, 22 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. | W 34–14 | 13 | 17 | 197 | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Sep 8 | at | W 21–7 | 16 | 22 | 192 | 3 | 0 | −3 |
| Sep 29 | vs. | L 14–31 | 23 | 35 | 226 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 13 | at | W 28–14 | 17 | 27 | 206 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Oct 20 | vs. | L 14–28 | 22 | 40 | 240 | 1 | 2 | 37 |
| Oct 27 | at | L 45–54 | 27 | 42 | 396 | 4 | 0 | 38 |
| Nov 3 | at | W 20–12 | 17 | 35 | 130 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| Nov 10 | vs. | W 42–35 | 31 | 54 | 361 | 3 | 1 | 186 |
| Nov 17 | at | L 6–35 | 24 | 43 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Nov 24 | vs. | L 7–59 | 17 | 36 | 145 | 1 | 1 | −9 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. | W 56–27 | 30 | 41 | 423 | 5 | 2 | −6 |
2017 Duke 13 games, 2,691 passing yards, 14 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. | W 60–7 | 19 | 25 | 213 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Sep 9 | vs. | W 41–17 | 29 | 45 | 305 | 2 | 1 | 108 |
| Sep 16 | vs. | W 34–20 | 20 | 35 | 184 | 0 | 1 | −14 |
| Sep 23 | at | W 27–17 | 18 | 34 | 202 | 1 | 0 | 28 |
| Sep 29 | vs. | L 6–31 | 21 | 41 | 166 | 0 | 1 | 31 |
| Oct 7 | at | L 21–28 | 14 | 42 | 124 | 1 | 2 | 36 |
| Oct 14 | vs. | L 10–17 | 22 | 35 | 204 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 21 | vs. | L 17–24 | 15 | 33 | 272 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Oct 28 | at | L 3–24 | 10 | 24 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 65 |
| Nov 11 | at | L 16–21 | 19 | 29 | 164 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Nov 18 | vs. | W 43–20 | 18 | 26 | 177 | 2 | 0 | 91 |
| Nov 25 | at | W 31–23 | 25 | 44 | 346 | 2 | 3 | 37 |
| Dec 26 ✦ | vs. | W 36–14 | 27 | 40 | 252 | 2 | 0 | 86 |
2016 Duke 11 games, 2,795 passing yards, 15 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. | W 49–6 | 10 | 15 | 189 | 2 | 0 | 28 |
| Sep 10 | vs. | L 14–24 | 31 | 48 | 332 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sep 17 | at | L 13–24 | 27 | 48 | 279 | 0 | 1 | 47 |
| Sep 24 | at | W 38–35 | 24 | 32 | 290 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
| Oct 1 | vs. | L 20–34 | 33 | 54 | 324 | 1 | 5 | 24 |
| Oct 14 | at | L 14–24 | 14 | 21 | 129 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| Oct 29 | at | L 35–38 | 22 | 36 | 305 | 2 | 1 | 73 |
| Nov 5 | vs. | L 21–24 | 18 | 31 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 99 |
| Nov 10 | vs. | W 28–27 | 22 | 34 | 240 | 1 | 0 | 94 |
| Nov 19 | at | L 14–56 | 28 | 46 | 243 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 26 | at | L 21–40 | 34 | 50 | 316 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
No box score in the source for Oct 8 vs. Army, so that game is not listed.
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
MVP of the 2019 Senior Bowl.
| Drill | Combine 2019 | Combine or pro day 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′5⅛″ | |
| Weight | 221 lb | |
| Arm length | 32½″ | |
| Hand size | 9¾″ | |
| Wingspan | 78⅛″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.81 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.65 s | |
| Vertical jump | 33½″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′0″ | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.00 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.41 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
8 seasons, 88 games with a stat; latest team: Indianapolis Colts.
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | New York Giants | 13 | 284 | 459 | 3,027 | 24 | 12 | 279 |
| 2020 | New York Giants | 14 | 280 | 448 | 2,943 | 11 | 10 | 423 |
| 2021 | New York Giants | 11 | 232 | 361 | 2,428 | 10 | 7 | 298 |
| 2022 | New York Giants | 16 | 317 | 472 | 3,205 | 15 | 5 | 708 |
| 2023 | New York Giants | 6 | 108 | 160 | 909 | 2 | 6 | 206 |
| 2024 | New York Giants | 10 | 216 | 341 | 2,070 | 8 | 7 | 265 |
| 2025 | Indianapolis Colts | 13 | 261 | 384 | 3,101 | 19 | 8 | 164 |
| 2026 (so far) | Indianapolis Colts | 5 | 108 | 176 | 1,021 | 3 | 4 | 25 |
| NFL career | 88 | 1,806 | 2,801 | 18,704 | 92 | 59 | 2,368 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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