Eric Kjar remembered one of the first times he saw Jaxson Dart play after Dart transferred to Corner Canyon High School in Utah ahead of his senior year.
Dart was in a 7-on-7 tournament with Kjar’s son Noah at receiver. Dart’s team won, but Kjar was more impressed with how the quarterback immediately clicked with everyone and elevated their level of play.
“It was fun to watch him in those settings just be really competitive but then be awesome with his teammates,” said Kjar, head coach at Corner Canyon. “The competitiveness and the confidence was super-contagious with that group. They were pretty fun to watch.”
Five years later, those traits and Dart’s talents have the 22-year-old set for his first NFL start this Sunday with the Giants. His future starts now as he attempts to help tur