HIM?! THAT'S THE GUY?!

LSU players are in disbelief. This cannot be Jayden Daniels .

The Arizona State transfer has just walked into the indoor practice facility for the first time on a March afternoon in 2022. Chatter had spread that the coaches thought Daniels, a fourth-year junior, could be special. But when he shows up, several LSU players and staff members give each other side-eyes.

"No swag whatsoever," receiver Malik Nabers says now. "He looked like a kid on his first day of high school."

At the time, Daniels' official bio lists him at 6-foot-4, 200 pounds, but he is probably an inch shorter and 25 pounds less than that. He has a backpack that hangs lower than cool kids would ever wear it. His hair is a mess. He's wearing glasses as he cross-references his printed class sc

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