On December 12, 2006, Daniels committed to play NCAA Division I football at Colorado State University.

[9] Daniels was a defensive lineman at Colorado State, where off the field he majored in political science, later switching to journalism.

At the 2011 NCAA Convention in San Antonio, Texas, Daniels successfully ran for vice-chair of the Division I National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

[10] He is now a White House correspondent for Politico, covering Vice President Kamala Harris, First Lady Jill Biden, and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff.

[18][19] According to WHCA bylaws, in the event that the president-elect is unable to serve, the person elected treasurer becomes president.

[20] On October 29, 2022, he married Nathan Thomas Stephens in the Evergreen Museum & Library in Baltimore, Maryland.