LSU alum Jayden Daniels reflects on 'full-circle moment' of returning to Louisiana after stellar rookie year

NEW ORLEANS – Jayden Daniels wishes helium was successful New Orleans to cogwheel up for the Super Bowl, not a property tour.

However, the authorities of Louisiana is wherever helium called location for 2 years and became a prima astatine LSU, truthful helium is taking it each in. The Baton Rogue field is conscionable 80 miles distant from Bourbon Street, and it is simply a "full-circle moment" for Daniels.

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Washington Commanders backmost Jayden Daniels, #5, celebrates a touchdown against the Detroit Lions during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot divisional playoff crippled connected Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025 successful Detroit. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

"Being present for 2 years, present we’re backmost here, I wanted to beryllium backmost present playing successful the Super Bowl, but it’s awesome man. Just being here, it’s a full-circle for us, for sure," Daniels said successful a caller interrogation with Fox News Digital.

It is besides overmuch much peculiar for Daniels that the metropolis is hosting the large crippled little than six weeks aft the New Year's panic attack.

"Obviously, it was a tragedy. You ne'er privation to spot that happen," Daniels added. "But it’s been awesome man, a large metropolis to big an lawsuit similar this. I emotion it retired here. I’m blessed they were capable to bash this."

Daniels is successful the Big Easy with his mother, which makes the full-circle infinitesimal adjacent that overmuch much complete. The 2 person teamed up with Invisalign to assistance fans physique assurance with their smiles.

Washington Commanders backmost Jayden Daniels, #5, waves to the assemblage aft an overtime triumph implicit the Atlanta Falcons during an NFL shot crippled connected Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024 successful Landover, Maryland. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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With Daniels being backmost location aft his rookie season, it is hard not to consciousness confident.

"It’s been awesome. I pridefulness myself connected my smile. I had braces increasing up, truthful conscionable being capable to heighten your grin adjacent more, you ever gotta support a bully acceptable of teeth connected you," Daniels said.

Daniels is making the travel to the NFL Honors connected Thursday successful New Orleans, wherever helium was named the Offensive Rookie of the Year.

He came up abbreviated successful the NFC Championship, but with a agleam aboriginal up of him, it is casual to recognize that the Washington Commanders person large goals successful mind.

So, however tin they bash it?

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"We gotta instrumentality it 1 time astatine a time. Can’t truly deliberation astir getting back, due to the fact that you get caught up successful antithetic stuff," Daniels said. "For us, conscionable spell retired there, whoever we have, we person the modular acceptable that this is who we privation to be, this is the Commander team, we are the brand. Whoever comes in, we gotta clasp them to that standard."

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