Kendall Daniels Jr. holds the FS · Backup spot in South Carolina Gamecocks’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Kendall Daniels Jr. is a 6'4", 213-pound safety from Norfolk, Va., where he attended Maury High School under coach Dyrri McCain. As a junior in 2023, he helped the Commodores to a 15-0 record and Virginia Class 5 state championship. He earned first-team all-state honors and was part of back-to-back undefeated seasons, including Maury's 16-0, 5A state championship campaign in 2024. Daniels enrolled at South Carolina in January 2025 and appeared in nine games as a true freshman, primarily contributing on special teams. He made the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll and is a sports major.

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