College Football Overlooked Daniel Jones. Now He’s a Budding NFL Star

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College Football Overlooked Daniel Jones. Now He’s a Budding NFL Star
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Daniel Jones is far more than just the latest savior for a New York football team. He’s the clearest example of how easily college coaches can flub the most important part of their jobs.

Daniel Jones was so scrawny as a 15-year-old private-school quarterback that the best football programs around the country didn’t pay much attention to him. By the time he had morphed into a peanut-butter stuffed, 6-foot-5 high-school senior, almost all the college coaches tasked with recruiting the best players in the country had already moved on.

Jones wound up committing to Princeton before opting to become a walk-on at Duke, and now all of those coaches who ignored him should feel just a little obtuse: Jones is an emerging...

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