Georgia quarterback JT Daniels, who opened the season as the team’s starter, entered the NCAA transfer portal Wednesday.
Daniels, who transferred to the Bulldogs from USC after the 2019 season, started three games this season. He dealt with oblique and lat muscle injuries during the fall, and ultimately lost the starting job to Stetson Bennett, who led the Bulldogs to their first national championship since 1980.
In 2020, Daniels returned from a knee injury to replace Bennett and guided Georgia to four wins, passing for 1,231 yards and 10 touchdowns, including a Peach Bowl victory over Cincinnati.
Georgia wide receiver Jermaine Burton, who recorded 901 receiving yards and eight touchdowns the past two seasons, also entered the portal Wednesday. ESPN rated Burton as the No. 99 overall recruit in the 2020 class.
Daniels, ESPN’s No. 3 pocket passer and No. 64 overall prospect in the 2018 recruiting class, played the 2018 and ’19 seasons at USC. He became the second true freshman quarterback to start a season opener — Matt Barkley did it in 2009 — and started 11 games that fall, passing for 2,672 yards with 14 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Daniels suffered a season-ending knee injury in the opening game of the 2019 season and did not return.
Bennett has one year of eligibility left but has yet to announce whether he will return for the 2022 season. Georgia’s quarterback room also will include Brock Vandagriff, ESPN’s No. 37-ranked recruit in the 2021 class, and Carson Beck, an ESPN 300 prospect in 2020. The Bulldogs signed quarterback Gunner Stockton, ESPN’s No. 109 prospect in the 2022 class.