Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart has been added to the Manning Award Watch List
Dart Ranks Seventh Nationally in Total Offense
NEW ORLEANS – (Release) Ole Miss football quarterback Jaxson Dart has been added to the Manning Award Watch List, as announced by the Manning Award and the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Thursday as part of their midseason updates.
Dart – who earlier today was also added to the Maxwell Award watch list – is one of 15 new quarterbacks added to the watch list for the Manning Award, which is given out annually to the top signal caller in college football. The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in honor of the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. It is the only quarterback award that includes the candidates’ bowl performances in its balloting. Combined with the preseason watch list, Dart is now one of 48 quarterbacks on the Manning watch list, but every QB in the nation remains eligible to win the honor.
Dart is in the midst of an excellent first half to the 2023 season marshaling a Rebel offense that ranks second in the SEC and eighth nationally at 41.7 points per game. On the year, Dart stands 107-of-167 (64.1 percent) for 1,638 yards, 12 touchdowns and just two interceptions. Dart has also been highly effective on the ground, currently ranking as Ole Miss’ second-best rusher at 302 yards and four touchdowns on 63 carries.
His 323.3 yards of total offense per game rank him second in the SEC and seventh nationally, and he also ranks within the FBS top-30 in yards per completion at 15.3 (No. 9), yards per attempt at 9.8 (No. 9), passing efficiency at 167.8 (No. 12) and passing yards per game at 273.0 (No. 26). Among quarterbacks, Dart ranks second in the SEC in both yards per carry at 4.8 (FBS No. 9) and yards per game at 50.3 (FBS No. 17).
Dart is starting to climb several all-time lists at Ole Miss as well, as he now ranks seventh all-time in career 300-yard passing games (4), eighth in passing touchdowns (32), 11th in total offense (5,528) and 12th in passing yards (4,612). In his overall career combining his totals from his freshman season at USC in 2021, Dart owns 5,965 yards passing, 6,924 yards of total offense, 959 yards rushing (916 at Ole Miss) and 41 passing touchdowns.
Finalists for the Manning Award will be determined by a select panel of national media covering college football, as well as each of the Mannings. That list will be released on Nov. 30, and the winner is scheduled to be announced following the College Football Playoff National Championship.
2023 Manning Award Watch List Midseason Additions
Drew Allar – Penn State
Carson Beck – Georgia
Brady Cook – Missouri
J.T. Daniels – Rice
Jaxson Dart – Ole Miss
TJ Finley – Texas State
Sam Hartman – Notre Dame
Mikey Keene – Fresno State
Jordan McCloud – James Madison
Kyle McCord – Ohio State
Jalen Milroe – Alabama
Kaidon Salter – Liberty
Shedeur Sanders – Colorado
DJ Uiagalelei – Oregon State
Tyler Van Dyke – Miami
Evelyn Van Pelt
Evelyn has covered sports for over two decades, beginning her journalism career as a sports writer for a newspaper in Austin, Texas. She attended Texas A&M and majored in English. Evelyn's love for Ole Miss began when her daughter Katie attended the university on a volleyball scholarship. Evelyn created the Rebel Walk in 2013 and has served as publisher and managing editor since its inception.
