Dart had just finished his sophomore season at (and first season with) Mississippi when the Giants signed playoff-winning quarterback Daniel Jones to a four-year, $160 million contract. The Giants did a nationwide tour of college quarterbacks during the 2023 season, even before Jones tore his ACL but especially afterward.

Brian Daboll has a two-pronged mandate to get the opportunity to coach his Quarterback of the Future in 2026: Score more points and win more games, of course.

There was a lot of divisiveness over the New York Giants trading back into the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft to pick Jaxson Dart of Ole Miss. However, a former two-time Super Bowl champion running back with the Giants, Brandon Jacobs, seemingly believes picking Dart over Sheduer Sanders and other available quarterbacks was the right move.