 Dart in 2024 | |
| Ole Miss Rebels–No. 2 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class | Senior |
| Major | Business |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | May 13, 2003 Kaysville, Utah, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | |
| Bowl games | |
| High school | Corner Canyon (Draper, Utah) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Jaxson Chase Dart (born May 13, 2003) is an American football quarterback for the Ole Miss Rebels. He began his college football career for the USC Trojans before transferring to Ole Miss in 2022.
Dart was born in Kaysville, Utah on May 13, 2003. He is the oldest of four children. [1] He attended Roy High School for his first three years of High School before transferring to Corner Canyon High School in Draper, Utah. As a senior, he was the Gatorade Football Player of the Year after he passed for 4,691 yards with a state record 67 touchdowns and only four interceptions. [2] [3] He also rushed for 1,195 yards and 12 touchdowns. He was also the MaxPreps National Player of the Year. [4] Overall during his career he had 10,688 passing yards and 117 touchdowns.
Despite an offer from Arizona State University and off-season training with former ASU QB Taylor Kelly in Tempe, Arizona, Dart committed to the University of Southern California (USC) to play college football. [5] [6] [7]
In addition to playing football, Dart was a two time all-state third baseman for the baseball team.
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | 40‡ | Commit date |
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| Jaxson Dart Dual QB | Draper, UT | Corner Canyon (UT) | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | N/A | Dec 16, 2020 |
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Jaxson Dart competed to be Kedon Slovis' backup quarterback his first year at USC in 2021. [8] During the annual Spring Game, Dart impressed coaches with his arm strength and mobility. On the final play of the game Dart threw a touchdown pass to fellow freshman Michael Jackson III, who made an impressive one-handed diving catch.
On September 18, Dart entered the game against Washington State in the second drive of the game, replacing injured QB Kedon Slovis. USC was playing their first game after the firing of coach Clay Helton. Dart entered the game and threw an interception to end his first drive. Dart responded by throwing a 38-yard touchdown pass late in the first half. Dart finished the day 30-for-46 for 391 yards with four touchdowns and two interceptions. [9] The Trojans defeated the Cougars 42–14, in a blowout win. Dart's 391 yards set the record for most passing yards ever by a USC QB in a debut, breaking JT Daniels’ record of 282 in 2018. [10]
On November 20, Dart made his first career start against UCLA. [11]
Following the 2021 season, Lincoln Riley was hired as the head coach of USC. Amidst the rumors that Oklahoma QB Caleb Williams would follow Riley to USC, Dart entered the NCAA transfer portal. [12] Dart and USC teammate Michael Trigg then officially enrolled at Ole Miss, where Dart became the primary starting quarterback for head coach Lane Kiffin. [13]
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | |
| USC Trojans | |||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 6 | 3 | 0–3 | 117 | 189 | 61.9 | 1,353 | 7.2 | 9 | 5 | 132.5 | 22 | 43 | 2.0 | 2 |
| Ole Miss Rebels | |||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 13 | 12 | 7–5 | 226 | 362 | 62.4 | 2,974 | 8.2 | 20 | 11 | 143.6 | 128 | 614 | 4.8 | 1 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | 11–2 | 233 | 358 | 65.1 | 3,364 | 9.4 | 23 | 5 | 162.4 | 119 | 391 | 3.3 | 8 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 9–3 | 249 | 363 | 68.6 | 3,875 | 10.7 | 25 | 6 | 177.7 | 112 | 452 | 4.0 | 3 |
| Career | 44 | 40 | 27–13 | 825 | 1,272 | 64.9 | 11,566 | 9.1 | 77 | 27 | 157.0 | 381 | 1,498 | 3.9 | 14 |
Dart is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [1] [14]
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