Jayden Daniels threatened a Joe Burrow LSU record during hot start vs. Mississippi State
Jayden Daniels threatened a Joe Burrow-era LSU record during a scorching-hot start against Mississippi State on Saturday.
And on Monday, Daniels was named the SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts.
Daniels completed his first 13 passes, tied for the fifth-longest streak in program history with Burrow. Burrow also holds the program record of 17 straight completions, set in 2019 against Ole Miss.
Burrow, who went on to win the Heisman Trophy and lead LSU to the national championship in 2019, threw for 489 yards and five touchdowns in the record-setting 58-37 win over the Rebels.
Daniels, a fifth-year senior, completed 15 of 16 passes for 143 yards and a touchdown in the first quarter Saturday, six of which went for 80 yards and a touchdown to Malik Nabers. The Tigers led 10-0 after the first quarter. Daniels finished 30-for-34 in the 41-14 victory. His completion percentage of 88.4 percent was the best single-game mark in LSU history with a minimum of 25 attempts, per ESPN Stats and Info.
The program record for most completions in a game is 35, set by Rohan Davey against Alabama in 2001.
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LSU record for consecutive completions in single game
Rk | Player | Comp. | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | 17 | at Ole Miss (2019) | |
T-2 | JaMarcus Russell | 14 | Mississippi State (2006) |
T-2 | Matt Mauck | 14 | Louisiana Tech (2003) |
T-2 | Chad Loup | 14 | Arkansas (1993) |
T-5 | Joe Burrow | 13 | at Alabama (2019) |
T-5 | Jayden Daniels | 13 | at Mississippi State (2023) |
T-5 | Joe Burrow | 12 | Arkansas (2019) |
T-7 | Joe Burrow | 12 | Florida (2019) |
T-7 | Joe Burrow | 12 | Vanderbilt (2019) |
T-7 | Zach Mettenberger | 12 | at Mississippi State (2013) |
T-7 | Tommy Hodson | 12 | at Tennessee (1988) |
T-7 | Jeff Wickersham | 12 | at Tulane (1985) |
T-7 | Alan Risher | 12 | Rice (1981) |
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Jayden Daniels threatened Joe Burrow record in LSU-Mississippi State game
