Bulldogs quarterback signs trading-card deal

JT Daniels has inked his second NIL deal of the day. The Georgia quarterback announced a deal with Zaxby’s on Tuesday morning, becoming the first college athlete to partner with the chicken company.

And on Tuesday night, Front Office Sports reported Daniels has signed a trading-card deal that could net seven figures. He will earn $100 per signature plus 50% royalties on signed and unsigned cards. He plans to share half of his earnings off the trading-card deal with his Georgia teammates. The name of the trading card company has not been announced.

This is not the first time Daniels is dabbling in the world of trading cards. Candy Digital announced last month its “Sweet Futures” initiative, which will create NFT collectibles. Daniels and three other quarterbacks are part of the deal — North Carolina’s Sam Howell, Cincinnati’s Desmond Ridder and Clemson’s D.J. Uiagalelei.

After ACL injury early in career, JT Daniels finds home in Georgia 

Daniels started his career at Southern California, where he threw for 2,672 yards and 14 touchdowns as a freshman in 2018. He tore his ACL early in the 2019 season, ultimately transferring to Georgia after the season.

After transferring to Georgia and finishing out rehabbing his knee, Daniels started the Bulldogs’ final four games. In those four games, Daniels competed 67.2% of his passes for 1,231 yards, 10 touchdowns and two interceptions. Daniels threw for 392 yards in Georgia’s 24-21 Peach Bowl victory over Cincinnati, too.

Georgia offensive coordinator Todd Monken said last week that Daniels is responding well to being the starter entering the season.

“He is just very comfortable with the offense and his ability to change things at the line of scrimmage and be able to do things as a player that is controlled, which he likes to be involved in,” Monken said. “He just has a greater command, which is normal. I mean it is normal that he came in and had an injury and we were repping a lot of guys and he didn’t play till the end.”

Georgia is ranked fifth in the preseason AP top-25 poll, receiving three first-place votes.