Jayden Daniels is using virtual reality technology to improve his performance on the field.

According to Pro Football Network, the Washington Commanders quarterback has discovered a link between technology and football through an advanced VR tool that operates at 1.75 times the normal speed.

The technology challenges Daniels with scenarios that unfold faster than he experiences in actual gameplay.

“It moves faster within the VR than actual human beings…Once you get out there, everything slows down,” Daniels told The Athletic. “I know this is coming. I’ve seen this before, (and) it moved more than 20 times faster in VR.”

Daniels reportedly had a VR training requirement for any team that drafted him, and now he is arguably having the best rookie seasons in NFL history, per CBS Sports.

The cutting-edge technology played a significant role in helping the Commanders secure their 45-31 divisional round victory over the Detroit Lions on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025 — securing their first NFC Championship appearance since 1991.

Daniels threw for 299 yards and two touchdowns during the game. According to Pro Football Network, his VR training setup helped him “read defenses 80% faster.”

Developed by Cognilize, a German company specializing in sports technology, Daniels first started using the VR tool during his time at Louisiana State University, where he won the Heisman Trophy after a 50-touchdown season.

Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury has fully integrated VR into Daniels’ routine, highlighting its ability to provide repetition without physical strain.

“It’s a unique technology, and it’s definitely for the quarterbacks. I think it is more effective than them just watching the film,” Kingsbury told The Athletic. “They’re going through their reads, they’re going through their progressions, they’re seeing it.”

On Tuesday, Jan. 21, the Professional Football Writers of America (PFWA) voted Daniels as the 2024 Rookie of the Year and Offensive Rookie of the Year, making him the second player in Washington history to receive both titles, per the Commanders.

Since 1974, the PFWA has honored an All-Rookie team each season to players in their first year of professional football.

Daniels started all 17 games for the Commanders, making history as the first player to surpass 1,000 passing yards and 250 rushing yards in his first five career games. He also recorded 148 rushing attempts for 891 yards — the second-most among NFL quarterbacks — and is the first rookie to achieve a completion percentage of 80 percent or higher in four games during a season.

While Daniels makes moves on the field, his mother, Regina Jackson, works with the NFL in a different capacity — as a certified sports agent, AFROTECH™ previously reported.

Jackson, likely the first parent of a top-three NFL draft pick to earn the certification, passed the NFL Players Association’s agent exam in July 2024 and later became an NFLPA-certified agent.

While Jackson is now a certified agent, she is not one of Daniels’ official representatives. Four agents from Agency 1 Sports — Ira Turner, Ron Butler, Aston Wilson, and Stanley Bien-Aime — represent the rookie quarterback.

Drafted in April 2024, Daniels signed a four-year, $37.75 million contract last year in June. Under the 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement terms, rookie contracts have set terms prohibiting teams from renegotiating or extending contracts until the end of the player’s third season.

As AFROTECH™ previously told you, the Commanders are co-owned by Magic Johnson, who, in early 2023, joined an investment group led by Josh Harris to submit a bid for ownership of the NFL team, valued at $6.05 billion.

“God is so good…I still can’t believe it! I am currently living in an answered prayer,” Johnson said on Twitter following the sale. “Since beginning my journey as an athlete and now businessman and team owner, it’s all been a dream that has come full circle. I grew up playing football as a kid, I’m a huge NFL fan, and I watch games every week. Now, I get to co-own a storied franchise, the Washington Commanders.”