ASU’s Jayden Daniels embodies football’s acceptance of black quarterbacks
February 21, 2020
Jayden Daniels and Dwayne Haskins leaned back against the couch that was situated on the right side of the stage inside the Phoenix Art Museum.
The two young quarterbacks — Daniels became Arizona State’s starter as a true freshman last season, Haskins was the Washington Redskins’ first-round pick in the 2019 draft — had met earlier in the day and clicked immediately, Daniels said. Now they sat silently, listening to the four men to their left: Marlin Briscoe, James “Shack” Harris, Warren Moon and Doug Williams.
For two hours Thursday night, as part of the Journey of the Black Quarterback symposium put on by Arizona State’s Global Sport Institute, the men talked about the opportunities they were denied and the racism they encountered as black NFL quarterbacks.