[OutsiderFan]

Daniels may be great, but has Stanford ever taken a commitment from a QB without any other major conference offer?

Did Hogan have major offers?

Yes he did.

Daniels has been to precisely zero camps on the circuit, hence not being evaluated at all by the services. 247 put up a 3* rating because we offered (after privately seeing him workout and throw in-person, on campus).

2x Georgia 6A state champ at a powerhouse program, leading last-minute comeback drives in both. All-state lacrosse player. Clearly a good athlete.

Maybe most importantly? Not a gap year.

This is just completely asinine. If you can't judge the quality of a recruit from actual game video in the highest level of High School football in Georgia, you really have no business evaluating players period.  I mean seriously, someone is going to make me think that because they couldn't watch a QB - or any position - play in shorts with no contact allowed, that they can't be rated? Makes the whole enterprise a joke.

Having said all that, I was looking at the Daniels hudl to see if anything "bad" or "good" stood out.  I was trying to see if maybe his release was slow or maybe he had no velocity on his throws. What I ended up seeing is someone who looked like a legit FBS QB prospect to me. Frankly, I'm puzzled Stanford is the kid's only Power 5 offer. 

Honestly, Daniels looks a lot to me like Cal QB commit Justyn Martin.

[OutsiderFan]

Daniels may be great, but has Stanford ever taken a commitment from a QB without any other major conference offer?

Did Hogan have major offers?

Yes he did.

Daniels has been to precisely zero camps on the circuit, hence not being evaluated at all by the services. 247 put up a 3* rating because we offered (after privately seeing him workout and throw in-person, on campus).

2x Georgia 6A state champ at a powerhouse program, leading last-minute comeback drives in both. All-state lacrosse player. Clearly a good athlete.

Maybe most importantly? Not a gap year.

This is just completely asinine. If you can't judge the quality of a recruit from actual game video in the highest level of High School football in Georgia, you really have no business evaluating players period.  I mean seriously, someone is going to make me think that because they couldn't watch a QB - or any position - play in shorts with no contact allowed, that they can't be rated? Makes the whole enterprise a joke.

Having said all that, I was looking at the Daniels hudl to see if anything "bad" or "good" stood out.  I was trying to see if maybe his release was slow or maybe he had no velocity on his throws. What I ended up seeing is someone who looked like a legit FBS QB prospect to me. Frankly, I'm puzzled Stanford is the kid's only Power 5 offer. 

Honestly, Daniels looks a lot to me like Cal QB commit Justyn Martin.