The Inland Empire is known for citrus fields and wineries and golf courses – and now top-tier NFL quarterback talent like Daniels and C.J. Stroud
Jayden Daniels, a Cajon High School graduate and Heisman Trophy winner who is the presumptive No. 2 pick in Thursday’s NFL draft, acknowledges the crowd during a homecoming ceremony in January at the San Bernardino high school he used to attend. Snowboarding and golf and freestyle motocrossing routes – hitting receivers in stride.Film festivals and Coachella sets, ready … hike: a regular presence these days at Heisman Trophy ceremonies.
– rewrote the state history books as a four-year starter at San Bernardino Cajon High School. He then headed off for an illustrious college career that started at Arizona State and finished at Louisiana State, with outlandish totals ofStroud – a Heisman finalist in 2021 and ’22, and last season’s NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year – emerged a star from Rancho Cucamonga High after getting his first starts as junior.
“Even for high school, Bryce has always been highly ranked, always had all eyes on him, but he lived up to expectations. C.J., he was fighting for scholarship at the end of the year, so he always had that chip on his shoulder to go out and prove people wrong . But he’s always been positive with everything, so I’m most definitely confident he’ll get through that.”” to Stroud’s. And ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky put it out there too: “Watching Jayden Daniels was like watching C.J. Stroud” – i.e.
That loyalty is something that can be rewarded. That talent can be recognized – even when it’s displayed at a neighborhood public school 40 or 60 miles east of L.A.
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