Maye vs Daniels is not apples to apples but the stats do tell a story in Daniels favor

Both Maye and Daniels have good stats. They can both make the throws. They both have good feet. IMO Daniels played in a better football conference, but also played on a better overall team.

There are a few statistics that stick out and are worth noting:

• Multiple INT games [Advantage Daniels]:
  • Daniels has never thrown more than 1 INT in a game over the last 2 college seasons. Even against 4 teams ranked in the top 25 this season.
  • Maye has had 4. 2 against unranked Miami (2022). 2 against ranked NC State. 2 against unranked Minnesota, and 2 against unranked South Carolina.
• INTs in separate games (a multiple interception game can happen to any and every QB. That 1 ugly game can wreck your stats) [Advantage Daniels]:
  • There were 10 games (over 2 seasons) where Maye threw at least 1 INT.
  • There were 6 games (over 2 seasons) where Daniels threw 1 INT.
• Completion percentage below 60% [Advantage Daniels]:
  • There were 7 games (4 this season and 3 last season) where Maye threw < 60% completion percentage.
  • There were 4 games (3 last season and 1 this season) where Daniels threw < 60%. 2 of those 4 were 59.5%.
• Sacks taken which is as close as we can get to denoting pressure faced [Push]:
  • Daniels 65 over 2 seasons
  • Maye 67 over 2 seasons

Having basically been sacked the same number of times over 2 full college seasons, Daniels has a higher completion percentage, a lower INT rate, has never thrown for more than 1 INT in a game and only had 1 game (Arkansas 2022) where he didn't at least match the INT with a TD. Arkansas wore his tail out with 7 sacks. He ran 19 times for 10 yards.