How good has Daniel Jones been in his last year of college and his rookie NFL career? Over the last decade there have been only nine drafted quarterbacks that performed at Daniel Jones’ level in their last year of college and continued at a high level as an NFL rookie.
Since 2009 there are 73 drafted quarterbacks that in their final college year had a passing efficiency rating of 130+, passing attempts of 300+, a pass completion percentage of at least 60% and 20+ passing touchdowns. Of those 73 only nine have had an NFL rookie season of 2500+ passing yards and a passer rating of at least 85. Of those nine there were three in 2019.
| Player | Year | Age | Draft | Tm | GS | Cmp% | Yds | TD% | Int% | Rate | Sk% | Y/A | Y/G |
| Daniel Jones | 2019 | 22 | 1-6 | NYG | 12 | 61.87 | 3027 | 5.2 | 2.61 | 87.7 | 7.60% | 6.59 | 232.8 |
| Gardner Minshew II | 2019 | 23 | 6-178 | JAX | 12 | 60.64 | 3271 | 4.5 | 1.28 | 91.2 | 6.60% | 6.96 | 233.6 |
| Kyler Murray | 2019 | 22 | 1-1 | ARI | 16 | 64.39 | 3722 | 3.7 | 2.21 | 87.4 | 8.10% | 6.87 | 232.6 |
| Baker Mayfield | 2018 | 23 | 1-1 | CLE | 13 | 63.79 | 3725 | 5.6 | 2.88 | 93.7 | 4.90% | 7.66 | 266.1 |
| Dak Prescott | 2016 | 23 | 4-135 | DAL | 16 | 67.76 | 3667 | 5 | 0.87 | 104.9 | 5.20% | 7.99 | 229.2 |
| Marcus Mariota | 2015 | 22 | 1-2 | TEN | 12 | 62.16 | 2818 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 91.5 | 9.30% | 7.62 | 234.8 |
| Teddy Bridgewater | 2014 | 22 | 1-32 | MIN | 12 | 64.43 | 2919 | 3.5 | 2.99 | 85.2 | 8.80% | 7.26 | 224.5 |
| Robert Griffin III | 2012 | 22 | 1-2 | WAS | 15 | 65.65 | 3200 | 5.1 | 1.27 | 102.4 | 7.10% | 8.14 | 213.3 |
| Russell Wilson | 2012 | 24 | 3-75 | SEA | 16 | 64.12 | 3118 | 6.6 | 2.54 | 100 | 7.70% | 7.93 | 194.9 |
Daniel Jones has the third best touchdown percentage of the nine and the fourth best yards per game. For advanced stats on passing accuracy profootballreference.com has data for the last two seasons. As can be seen here Daniel Jones’ bad throw % and on target % matches favorably with the three other quarterbacks of the nine whose rookie advanced statistics are available.
| Player | Year | Age | Tm | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | Bad% | OnTgt% |
| Baker Mayfield | 2018 | 23 | CLE | 13 | 310 | 486 | 3725 | 17.20% | |
| Gardner Minshew II | 2019 | 23 | JAX | 12 | 285 | 470 | 3271 | 18.60% | 73.60% |
| Kyler Murray | 2019 | 22 | ARI | 16 | 349 | 542 | 3722 | 17.90% | 73.50% |
| Daniel Jones | 2019 | 22 | NYG | 12 | 284 | 459 | 3027 | 17.90% | 71.10% |
Daniel Jones adds a nice rushing capability. He did not rush as often as some of the other nine quarterbacks in their rookie season. However as the data below shows he was third of the nine in rushing yards per attempt and fifth in rushing yards per game. His two rushing touchdowns was fifth of the nine.
| Player | Year | Age | Draft | Tm | GS | Att | Yds | Y/A | TD | Y/G |
| Marcus Mariota | 2015 | 22 | 1-2 | TEN | 12 | 34 | 252 | 7.41 | 2 | 21 |
| Robert Griffin III | 2012 | 22 | 1-2 | WAS | 15 | 120 | 815 | 6.79 | 7 | 54.3 |
| Daniel Jones | 2019 | 22 | 1-6 | NYG | 12 | 45 | 279 | 6.2 | 2 | 21.5 |
| Kyler Murray | 2019 | 22 | 1-1 | ARI | 16 | 93 | 544 | 5.85 | 4 | 34 |
| Russell Wilson | 2012 | 24 | 3-75 | SEA | 16 | 94 | 489 | 5.2 | 4 | 30.6 |
| Gardner Minshew II | 2019 | 23 | 6-178 | JAX | 12 | 67 | 344 | 5.13 | 0 | 24.6 |
| Dak Prescott | 2016 | 23 | 4-135 | DAL | 16 | 57 | 282 | 4.95 | 6 | 17.6 |
| Teddy Bridgewater | 2014 | 22 | 1-32 | MIN | 12 | 47 | 209 | 4.45 | 1 | 16.1 |
| Baker Mayfield | 2018 | 23 | 1-1 | CLE | 13 | 39 | 131 | 3.36 | 0 | 9.4 |
The Giants new quarterback coach, Jerry Shuplinkski, has a history of developing young quarterbacks. He has worked with Jimmy Garopollo and Jacoby Brissett. Both of whom have spoken highly of Shuplinkski. Offensive coordinator, Jason Garrett, was himself a quarterback and quarterback coach. I would like to see the Giants keep Alex Tanney as a third quarterback on the roster. He brings a wealth of experience from various offenses and has been a good mentor for Daniel Jones.
