LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels plays the game with reckless abandon

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Editor's note: A version of this story ran Nov. 1, 2023. The story has been updated ahead of the Heisman Trophy ceremony.

BATON ROUGE, La. -- In a scene that's become all too familiar this season, LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels deftly escaped the pocket only to take off and run with reckless abandon, absorbing the type of body blows that make coaches and fans alike wince.

No, this wasn't that cringeworthy hit against Florida State or that breathtaking hit against Ole Miss or that freight train of a hit against Mississippi State. This was the shot Daniels took on the road at Missouri, the one that finally knocked him out of the game. After corralling an…