C.J. Daniels

Former wide receiver at Miami. 2025: 50 catches, 557 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · Miami · Sr. · #7

6′2″ · 205 lb · Lilburn, GA

CFB Index 62 · #121 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceDrafted by Los Angeles — Rd 6, Pick 16, #197 overall

How he plays

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line.

TD rate: 94th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

557

receiving yards · 2025

50 catches · 7 TD · 11.1 per catch

Backed by 7 rec · 157 yds · 1 TD -- top 1% receiving yards game.

Swing playSwung Miami from 40% to 61% to win.Stanford at Miami · 42-7

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Miami. 2025: 50 catches, 557 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Liberty in 2020.
Drafted round 6 by the Los Angeles in 2026.

The full story, with sources

How it ended

Six seasons at Miami, 2,991 receiving yards — drafted at #197 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 157 yds vs Sam Houston.Sam Houston · W 21-162023

20207 games

Signed with Liberty3-star out of Parkview

2026

Drafted by Los Angelesround 6, pick 197

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2450 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2020–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #197

Los Angeles · 2026

Coaching lineage · 2020–2025

3 coaches

2020

Manny Diaz

Miami

2021

Jess Simpson

Miami

era →

2022–2025

Mario Cristobal

Miami

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Manny Diaz, Jess Simpson, and Mario Cristobal. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los Angeles2026 NFL rookie season

#197Rd 6 · Pick 16

Los Angeles2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Liberty10-1HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021Liberty8-5HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-leaning

2022Liberty8-5HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-leaning

2023Liberty13-1HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

2024LSU9-4HC: Brian Kelly · Pass-leaning

2025Miami13-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

62Quality starter #121 of 485?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (94th percentile). Strength: epa / target (84th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (28th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#52 / 798 · 94th pct

7.8%

EPA / target#127 / 798 · 84th pct

0.66

Catch rate#162 / 798 · 80th pct

76.6%

Explosive rate#275 / 798 · 65th pct

12.5%

Yards / catch#478 / 798 · 40th pct

10.7

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#37 / 558 · 92nd pct

Receptions#118 / 558 · 79th pct

Rec yards#174 / 558 · 69th pct

557

Long catch#277 / 558 · 50th pct

Yards / catch#396 / 558 · 28th pct

11.1

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

42nd → 84th percentile

Explosive rate

66th → 65th percentile

Catch rate

66th → 80th percentile

TD rate

7th → 94th percentile

Yards / catch

43rd → 40th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

27%17 of his 64 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.7	45.5	9.2	0.7
Road6g	3.7	47.3	13.7	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-79g	4.2	48.3	11.5	0.6
Weeks 8+3g	4.0	40.7	11.1	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mario Cristobal

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

62 · #121 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #121 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Miami	50	557	11.1	7	--
2024	LSU	42	480	11.4	0	--
2023	Liberty	55	1,067	19.4	10	--
2022	Liberty	3	38	12.7	1	--
2021	Liberty	37	629	17.0	7	--
2020	Liberty	11	220	20.0	3	--
Career		198	2,991	15.1	28	--

Season	Team
2025	Miami	--	--	--	--	--
2024	LSU	--	--	--	--	--
2023	Liberty	--	--	--	17	--
2022	Liberty	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Liberty	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Liberty	--	--	--	--	--
Career		--	--	--	17	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025

W 24–14

at Ohio State

5 rec · 49 yds

With D. Joyce — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 60 LONG · C. Beck — 138 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.2 · 23 rush yds (7 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Florida State · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +3.36Carson Beck pass complete to CJ Daniels for 24 yds for a TD (Carter Davis KICK)
Week 1 · Indiana · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +3.26(03:00) Shotgun #11 C.Beck pass complete deep left to #7 C.Daniels caught at IND39, for 24 yards to the IND35 (#22 J.Sharpe), 1ST DOWN
Week 2 · Bethune-Cookman · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.19Carson Beck pass complete to CJ Daniels for 40 yds for a TD (Carter Davis KICK)
Week 9 · Stanford · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.76(01:18) Shotgun #11 C.Beck pass complete short right to #7 C.Daniels caught at STAN00, for 5 yards to the STAN00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:15 #38 C.Davis kick attempt good (H: #94 D.Joyce, LS: #46 A.Booker)
Week 14 · Pittsburgh · 2&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.74(00:44) Shotgun #11 C.Beck pass complete deep right to #7 C.Daniels caught at Pitt00, for 33 yards to the Pitt00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:41, 1ST DOWN #45 B.Auburn kick attempt good (H: #94 D.Joyce, LS: #46 A.Booker) #45 B.Auburn kick attempt good (H: #94 D.Joyce, LS: #54 M.Donovan)
Week 6 · Florida State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.73Carson Beck pass complete to CJ Daniels for 47 yds to the FSU 19 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Louisville · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.60Carson Beck pass complete to CJ Daniels for 30 yds to the LOU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Bethune-Cookman · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.44Carson Beck pass complete to CJ Daniels for 5 yds for a TD (Bert Auburn KICK)
Week 1 · Notre Dame · 2&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.40Carson Beck pass complete to CJ Daniels for 20 yds for a TD (Carter Davis KICK)
Week 1 · Texas A&M · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.38(00:31) No Huddle-Shotgun #11 C.Beck pass complete short left to #7 C.Daniels caught at TAMU30, for 14 yards to the TAMU30 (#4 W.Lee III), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 27-24vs Notre Dame	5	46	9.2	1	20
Wk 2	W 45-3vs Bethune-Cookman	5	73	14.6	2	40	2 TD catches
Wk 3	W 49-12vs South Florida	4	56	14.0	0	27
Wk 4	W 26-7vs Florida	4	16	4.0	0	9
Wk 6	W 28-22@ Florida State	5	78	15.6	2	47	Season-high 78 yds
Wk 8	L 21-24vs Louisville	7	74	10.6	0	30
Wk 9	W 42-7vs Stanford	3	8	2.7	1	5
Wk 14	W 38-7@ Pittsburgh	2	40	20.0	1	33
Bowl	W 10-3@ Texas A&M	2	29	14.5	0	15
Bowl	W 24-14@ Ohio State	5	49	9.8	0	13
Bowl	W 31-27@ Ole Miss	4	26	6.5	0	8
Bowl	L 21-27@ Indiana	4	62	15.5	0	25
Total		50	557	11.4	7	47

How he plays

Play style

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

CFB Index positional classification

Money down · 3rd-down role

Money down

fact

11/173rd-down conversions

1.153rd-down EPA/target

0.53Other-downs EPA/target

12 of 17 caught on third down (70.6%) — EPA/target 1.15 vs 0.53 elsewhere (11 conversions).

Catch rate is disclosed context only, never the gate — conversions and EPA/target are. Interception targets carry no attribution row at any source, so EPA/target here is unfixably, slightly inflated.