When the New York Giants selected Jaxson Dart with the No. 25 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, they continued a trend of hitching their fortunes to Ole Miss quarterbacks. On Friday, former Rebels and Giants QB Eli Manning officially welcomed Dart to the club.

Joe Schoen traded up into the first round of Thursday night’s NFL Draft to land the Giants a future franchise quarterback: Ole Miss’ Jaxson Dart. And Dart, 21, was just as happy as the Giants that Schoen paid the Houston Texans the No. 34 overall pick of the second round, pick No. 99 in the third round and a future third to take him at No. 25.

Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart is widely considered one of the top quarterback options in the 2025 NFL draft, which is set to begin with Round 1 on Thursday night. Dart began his collegiate career as a five-star recruit for the USC Trojans before transferring to Lane Kiffin and the Ole Miss Rebels before the 2022 college football season.