A persistent question dogged Jaxson Dart throughout the draft process, from the Senior Bowl to when the New York Giants traded up to select him at 25th overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.

Nobody disputes that Dart has the raw tools to be a starting quarterback at the NFL level. He has good size at roughly 6-foot-2, 225 pounds, with a strong enough arm to drive the ball. Likewise, he might not be a true “dual threat”, but he can extend plays or hurt the defense with his legs.

He also put up gaudy numbers his final year at Ole Miss, throwing for 4,276 yards and 29 touchdowns to just 6 interceptions. Dart led the FBS in yards off of deep passes, was sixth in average depth of target (11.9 yards), and was fifth in Big Time Throw rate (7.1 percent).

And yet there were persistent questions as to wh

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