Ashton Daniels picked up ACC Quarterback of the Week honors again Monday, giving the fifth-year Florida State signal-caller the award for the second time this season.
Daniels, a Buford, Georgia native, turned in another big outing Saturday at No. 3 Miami, piling up five total touchdowns.
He tied his career high with four passing scores and added a rushing touchdown, his 11th on the season. That run pushed him past the previous FSU quarterback mark for rushing touchdowns in a season.
The numbers around Daniels keep getting louder. He now ranks third nationally with 23 touchdowns accounted for, and he’s the only player in the country with 11 passing touchdowns and 11 rushing touchdowns. Through seven games as a Seminole, he has accounted for multiple touchdowns every time out, including two five-touchdown performances - one against Miami and one against Virginia.
Against the Hurricanes, Daniels completed 15 passes for 298 yards and four touchdowns while adding 31 rushing yards and a score on the ground. His last two touchdown throws went to Duce Robinson, and the second one, a 75-yard strike late in the fourth quarter, sent the game to overtime. He also had an 81-yard touchdown run against Virginia, making him the only player in the country this season with both a 70-yard pass and a 70-yard rush.
The performance came against a Miami defense that entered the game ranked No. 1 nationally in scoring defense at 9.8 points allowed per game and No. 5 in total defense at 249.6 yards allowed per game. Daniels’ four passing touchdowns were more than the Hurricanes had given up in their first five games combined, when they had allowed three.
Daniels had already won the award once before after his record-setting game against Virginia. The last Florida State player to claim ACC Quarterback of the Week more than once in the same season was Jordan Travis in 2023.
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