Ole Miss senior quarterback Jaxson Dart closed out the regular season in illustrious fashion, overtaking Eli Manning’s record for most career passing yards in school history. Dart entered Saturday’s matchup against Mississippi State with 10,070 school career passing yards, 49 yards behind Manning’s record (10,119). After an 80-yard first half from Dart, the title was Manning’s no longer.
Advertisement “I’m usually not very excited when my record’s getting broken, but having gotten to (meet) you over the years and watching your career, I’m happy that it’s someone like you,” Manning said in a video congratulating Dart. Manning, the two-time Super Bowl champion, set the record as a three-year starter from 2000 to 2003. He closed out his Rebels tenure with 81 touchdowns and other school career records for completions (829) and passing attempts (1,363).
. @EliManning congratulates Jaxson Dart on breaking his @OleMissFB passing yards record 👏 pic.twitter.
com/HyGFBIQdPb — SEC Network (@SECNetwork) November 29, 2024 Dart, also a three-year starter for Ole Miss after transferring from USC following his true freshman season, is the winningest quarterback in the school’s modern history with 26 career victories. Earlier this season against Arkansas , Dart set the Ole Miss single-game record for total yards (562), breaking Archie Manning’s single-game record of 540, which stood since 1969. Dart’s 515 passing yards in that game also broke the Ole Miss single-.
