That season, Dart and his dad started making trips to quarterback paradise — Tom House’s renowned 3DQB training facility in Huntington Beach, Calif. Brandon had called over and over, refusing to stop, until someone finally got back to him. He jumped at the first available opening. He and Dart spent a week there after Christmas.

Manning also sent a “Welcome to the Giants’’ video to Dart that the team shared on social media. Manning and his father, Archie, starred at quarterback at Ole Miss and have close ties with Dart, who plans to cultivate Eli as a resource.

There was a lot of divisiveness over the New York Giants trading back into the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft to pick Jaxson Dart of Ole Miss. However, a former two-time Super Bowl champion running back with the Giants,