Giants draft Jaxson Dart after making blockbuster trade to get back into 1st round

The New York Giants person taken erstwhile Ole Miss backmost Jaxson Dart with the No. 25 prime successful the NFL Draft aft trading up with the Houston Texans. 

The Giants were linked to Dart successful the weeks starring up to the Draft, but were not expected to usage their 3rd wide prime for him, and were presumed to marque a commercialized into backmost into the late-first circular to prime him.

The lad of Giants wide manager Joe Schoen fueled speculation this week that the enactment would draught a backmost aft helium reportedly shared a video of Dart connected societal media. 

Screenshots of Carson Schoen’s Instagram went viral connected societal media Wednesday, the eve of the 2025 NFL Draft, aft helium appeared to stock a item video of Dart to his Instagram Stories. 

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Mississippi Rebels backmost Jaxson Dart (2) warms up earlier the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025 astatine EverBank Stadium successful Jacksonville, Florida.  (Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union)

This past season, Dart averaged 329.2 passing yards per crippled — 3rd champion successful the NCAA. In total, helium passed for 4,279 yards, 29 touchdowns and conscionable six interceptions, starring the Rebels to a 10-3 wide grounds and fourth-place decorativeness successful the SEC.

He besides proved to beryllium a morganatic moving threat, with 495 rushing yards and 3 rushing touchdowns. 

At 21, helium volition beryllium the youngest QB successful the NFL successful the 2025 season.

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Ole Miss Rebels backmost Jaxson Dart (2) celebrates aft a touchdown successful the 3rd 4th against the Arkansas Razorbacks astatine Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. Mississippi won 63-31 connected November 2, 2024.  (Nelson Chenault-Imagn Images)

Dart was not projected arsenic a sure-fire first-round prime aft the NFL season. But his banal ascended during the draught process. 

During passing drills astatine the NFL combine, Dart went 18 of 23 and would person had adjacent much completions if not for immoderate drops by his wide receivers. He showcased limb powerfulness and precision connected each assortment of pass, proving helium could marque each propulsion successful the NFL. 

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Mississippi backmost Jaxson Dart (QB03) during the 2025 NFL Combine astatine Lucas Oil Stadium.  (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

Dart, an Ole Miss alum, shares an alma mater with Giants franchise fable Eli Manning.

Now, Dart volition measurement successful arsenic the Giants' presumptive backmost of the aboriginal and look to unrecorded up to Manning's legacy. 

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