JT Daniels rubbed shoulders with the elite last week as a camp counselor at the annual Manning Passing Academy. He said he spent the majority of his time in Louisiana with two quarterbacks in particular: North Texas’ Mason Fine and Utah State’s Jordan Love.

Daniels has been studying the two on film this offseason as USC transitions to a faster pace, pass-heavy offense. Fine, of course, was Graham Harrell's starting quarterback for the past three years.

“I asked him pretty much everything in the playbook,” Daniels said. “Obviously we’ve watched a lot of his tape and he ran the offense about as good as you can. So I was just seeing what I could pick up from him. …

NOT SUBSCRIBED? SIGN UP TO READ MORE ABOUT DANIELS’ EXPERIENCE AT THE MANNING ACADEMY AND THE RETURN OF HIGH SCHOOL TEAMMATE BRU McCOY:

***TrojanSports.com is running its best deal of the year. Sign up for a FREE TRIAL THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST with access to all of our premium content, including the most up-to-date breaking news, thorough daily recruiting coverage, exclusive features and podcasts along with our popular message board.

***CLICK HERE to take advantage of this special deal (use promo code USC2019), and to sweeten the offer, those who continue beyond the free trial will receive an extra month on a monthly subscription or an EXTRA SIX MONTHS for an annual subscription.