Very bad weekend for PAC-12 QBs just got a little worse … Some days ya just shoulda stayed in bed. That may be the case for the PAC-12 and its QB’s with news that Southern California sophomore QB J.T. Daniels is out for the year after suffering a torn ACL and MCL during the Trojans lackluster win over Fresno State last evening. Daniels actually won’t be draft eligible until 2021 so he has plenty of time to rehab and should have a full season next fall to impress pro scouts, but its still a tough break for a promising young kid. The news on Daniels comes with Stanford officials still waiting on an update on the health of Cardinal junior QB K.J. Costello after he suffered what appeared to be a scary head/neck injury in yesterday’s win over Northwestern. Meanwhile, Oregon QB Justin Herbert at least wasn’t seriously injured in the Ducks’ devastating last-second loss to Auburn, but he really didn’t have the game that he was looking for to kick start what he was hoping would be a bounce-back campaign. At this time last year, Herbert was very much in the discussion to be the #1 pick in 2019, but he struggled through an inconsistent year and he ultimately decided to return to school for his senior season. Certainly, pro scouts saw plenty of arm strength and athleticism from Herbert last evening, but he often appeared indecisive and was off target on too many attempts; he also continued to struggle when pressured. In the end, Herbert was officially credited with 28 completions on just 37 attempts (for the math challenged that’s a very respectable 76%), but for only about 6.5 yards per try as most of his completions were pretty simply underneath check-downs. Again there is a long way to go until the 2020 draft, but clearly Herbert appears to have some work to do.
