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LSU's Jayden Daniels named AP college football player of the year

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BATON ROUGE, La. -- LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels is The Associated Press college football player of the year, the school's second winner in the past five seasons.

Daniels received 35 of the 51 first-place votes and 130 total points from AP Top 25 poll voters. The Heisman Trophy finalist finished comfortably ahead of Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr., who was second with 15 first-place votes and 97 points.