By The Related Press
The Auburn Tigers have picked up a second switch quarterback, with the addition of two-year Stanford starter Ashton Daniels.
Daniels, who introduced his vacation spot Monday on Instagram, joins ex-Oklahoma starter Jackson Arnold in heading to the quarterback-starved Tigers.
Auburn should exchange starter Payton Thorne, and two backups have entered the switch portal. Daniels handed for 3,986 yards, 21 touchdowns and 20 interceptions in three seasons at Stanford. He additionally ran for 1,117 yards and 9 touchdowns.
The announcement got here two days after Auburn coach Hugh Freeze nabbed Arnold from the portal. Freeze didn’t get a quarterback from the portal final season and the Tigers struggled to a fourth straight shedding season.
Daniels introduced on Dec. 5 that he could be transferring away from The Farm, following backup Justin Lamson out the door.
As a junior, Daniels handed for 1,700 yards, 10 touchdowns and 12 interceptions whereas including 669 yards and three touchdowns as a rusher. He debuted as a freshman in 2022 in a restricted position in David Shaw’s final season and began nearly all of the final two seasons below coach Troy Taylor.
Bear Bachmeier starred at Murrieta Valley, amassing 86 whole touchdowns (30 speeding) in highschool as a twin menace. He should compete with former high recruit Elijah Brown, the probably starter subsequent season for the Cardinal after a disappointing 3-9 season.
In the meantime, Penn State backup Beau Pribula is just not sticking round for the group’s matchup with SMU within the School Soccer Playoff.
The redshirt sophomore quarterback has introduced he’s coming into the switch portal, taking him out of the combination when the sixth-seeded Nittany Lions (11-2) host the Eleventh-seeded Mustangs (11-2) within the opening spherical on Saturday.
The switch portal opened final week, lower than 24 hours after the 12-team CFP discipline was introduced.
Initially Printed: December 16, 2024 at 7:20 PM PST
