Daniel Jones almost never made it to Duke. In the Spring of 2014, then a high school junior, Daniel Jones almost lost his chance to play ACC football on a high school basketball court. After breaking his wrist, the only school to offer him a scholarship was Princeton. But Daniel Jones walked on at Duke in 2015, redshirted as a freshman, ended up on scholarship and became Duke’s starting quarterback in 2016.
As a redshirt freshman, Jones led a Duke team that struggled to find wins, going 4-8 in his first year as a starter. He produced an alright completion percentage (62.