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Football: Former Santa Margarita QB signs with Nebraska-Omaha

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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Former Santa Margarita quarterback Jon Daniels has signed with the University of Nebraska-Omaha and will be a junior entering the fall.

Daniels, who holds Santa Margarita records for career passing attempts (491), completions (286) and most completions in a game (26 versus Loyola in 2005), spent the last two seasons at College of DuPage (Ill.) and was a captain and all-conference player last season while leading the Chaparrals into the playoffs and the Graphic Edge Bowl.

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Nebraska-Omaha is an NCAA Division II power that has been in the playoffs four consecutive seasons and eight of the past 13 years under Coach Pat Behrns.

-- Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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