Jaxson Dart

HISTORY -- From School Profile

2023 (JUNIOR): Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Preseason Watch List ... Enters junior season with 4,327 career passing yards and 29 passing touchdowns … Also owns 4,984 career total offensive yards … Enters 2023 ranked No. 4 on the Ole Miss all-time career total offense per play list (7.32; min. 400 plays), No. 13 on the total offense list (3,588) and No. 17 on the passing yards list (2,974).

2022 (SOPHOMORE): Started at quarterback for Ole Miss in 12 of 13 games played … Went 226-of-362 for 2,974 yards, 20 touchdowns and 11 interceptions … Also rushed for 614 yards on 128 attempts and one touchdown … Was one of six FBS quarterbacks nationally and one of just two in the SEC (LSU’s Jayden Daniels) at both 2,900 yards passing and 600 yards rushing … Ranks as the sixth-best season in Ole Miss history in total offense (3,588), eighth-best in total plays (490), ninth-best in passing touchdowns (20), yards per pass attempt (8.22) and total offense per play (7.32) and 10th-best in passing yards (2,974), passing attempts (362) and passing efficiency (143.6) … Charted two of the top-41 longest passes in Ole Miss history, both coming against Vanderbilt on Oct. 8 … Ranked in the FBS top-50 in passing yards per completion (25th, 13.2), total offense per game (30th, 276.0 ypg), yards per pass attempt (32nd, 8.22), passing yards (39th, 2,974), passing efficiency (41st, 143.6), passing touchdowns (46th, 20) … Ranked SEC top-10 in passing yards per completion (5th), passing yards (6th), passing touchdowns (6th), total offense per game (6th), yards per pass attempt (6th), passing efficiency (7th), passing yards per game (7th, 228.8), completions per game (9th, 17.4) and completion percentage (10th, 62.4) … Also ranked 14th nationally and fifth in the SEC among quarterbacks in rushing yards (614) … vs. Troy (9/3/22): Finished his first career start for the Rebels going 18-of-27 for 154 yards through the air with one touchdown and one pick, along with 40 yards on the ground on four carries ... vs. Central Arkansas (9/10/22): Came off the bench to throw for 182 yards on 10-of-15 passing with two touchdowns through the air … Also ran for five yards on a pair of carries ... at Georgia Tech (9/17/22): Earned a new season-high of 207 passing yards after going 10-of-16 passing in his second start of the season … Also matched his season-high for rushing yards, ripping off 40 yards on 10 attempts ... vs. Tulsa (9/24/22): Finished his day 13-of-24 for 154 passing and a pair of passing touchdowns after earning the start at QB … Ran for a career-high 116 yards on just 13 attempts, his first 100-yard rushing game with the Rebels ... vs. #7 Kentucky (10/1/22): Finished his day 15-of-29 for 213 yards through the air and 15 carries for 40 yards on the ground ... at Vanderbilt (10/8/22): Passed for a career-high 448 yards on a 25-of-32 clip, tying the fifth highest single-game passing mark in program history and the fourth-most by an SEC quarterback throughout all of 2022 … Also tallied a season-high of three passing touchdowns … His 463 yards of total offense (448 passing, 15 rushing) ranks as the ninth-best total offense game in Ole Miss history … Charted two of the top-41 longest passes in Ole Miss history, a 72 and 71-yard strike both to Jonathan Mingo en route to him setting the top FBS receiving output across 2022 (247 yards) ... vs. Auburn (10/15/22): Connected on nine of his 19 passing attempts, accounting for 130 yards and three touchdowns through the air … Ran the ball a total of 14 times for a total of 115 yards rushing ... at LSU (10/22/22): Threw for 283 yards on a 19-for-34 clip, throwing one interception … Also ran the ball ten times for a net of seven yards ... at Texas A&M (10/29/22): Finished 13-of-20 passing for 140 yards while tying his career-best in touchdown passes with three against the Aggies … Also ripped off 95 yards rushing on 17 total carries ... vs. #9 Alabama (11/12/22): Finished 18-for-31 for 212 yards passing and a touchdown against the Crimson Tide … Also ran the ball 16 times for a net of 35 yards on the ground ... at Arkansas (11/19/22): Went for 240 yards on 21-or-36 passing with a touchdown and a pick to his name, along with taking 11 rushing attempts for an additional 44 yards ... vs. Mississippi State (11/24/22): Completed a career high 30 passes on 38 attempts against the Bulldogs, throwing for 250 yards and a pair of touchdowns ... vs. Texas Tech (12/28/22): Went 25-of-41 for 361 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions through the air … Also rushed for 66 yards and one touchdown on 11 carries … His 361 passing yards ranked as the third-most in Texas Bowl history, and the most since 2018 … Broke Ole Miss bowl record for total offense at 427 yards … Rated as the No. 3 quarterback and No. 7 overall player in the transfer portal this offseason by 247Sports … Transfer who arrived on campus in January and participated in spring drills.

USC: Appeared in six games with three starts at quarterback as a true freshman ... Completed 62 percent of his passes for 1,353 yards and nine touchdowns ... Also ran for two more TDs ... Came off the bench vs. Washington State in collegiate debut to throw for a career-high 391 yards and four touchdowns ... Tallied 325 passing yards and one touchdown against UCLA ... Threw at least one touchdown in five of the six games he played in ... Enrolled early and participated in spring drills.

HIGH SCHOOL: Was the 2020 Gatorade National Football Player of the Year ... Earned Max Preps National Player of the Year ... Named first-team high school All-America by Sports Illustrated ... Earned Desert News Mr. Football ... Was part of the Southern California News Group Fab 15 second team as a senior quarterback ... Completed 240-of-345 passes (69.6%) for a national-best 4,691 yards and a state-record 67 TDs as a senior at Corner Canyon HS ... Also ran for 1,195 yards on 128 carries (9.3 avg) with 12 TDs ... Helped lead Corner Canyon to an undefeated season and state title in 2020 ... Named All-Region as a junior at Roy HS ... Threw for 2,440 yards and 22 TDs with eight interceptions ... Also lettered in baseball at Corner Canyon ... Named all-state in baseball twice during high school career.

PERSONAL: Son of Brandon and Kara Dart ... Full name is Jaxson Chase Dart ... Born May 13, 2003 ... Father, Brandon, was a safety at Utah ... SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll in 2022 … Chancellor’s Honor Roll in spring 2022 ... Dean’s Honor Roll in fall 2022 and spring 2023 … General business major.