Jaxson Dart to represent Ole Miss as a counselor for 2023 Manning Passing Academy
Summer workouts are underway and with that comes a slew of camps for current and prospective college football players to hone their craft and take that next step, including Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart.
The junior is entering his second season at Ole Miss and in head coach Lane Kiffin‘s system. The expectations are for Dart to have that encore season where the production increases and the nation takes notice; I.E. Matt Corral in 2021.
Dart is starting off the path on the right foot as he will be doing exactly what Corral did ahead of what became his final season at Ole Miss, serving as a counselor at this summer’s Manning Passing Academy.
This year will be the 27th edition of the high-profile quarterback camp led by its namesakes of Archie, Eli and Peyton Manning. Taking place at Nicholls State University June 22-26 in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
Ole Miss will be represented by a quarterback for a fourth consecutive Manning Passing Academy. Corral was also a counselor for the 2019 camp and Luke Altmyer was a counselor in last year’s camp. The 2020 MPA was canceled due to the COVID Pandemic.
This will be Dart’s first time the academy as a counselor but he will see some familiar faces, including Altmyer who is returning for a second straight year but now representing Illinois after transferring this past offseason.
Other quarterbacks headlining this year’s group of counselors includes LSU’s Jayden Daniels and Texas’ Quinn Ewers.
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This is an important summer for Dart as he is once again having to battle for the Ole Miss starting job.
Of course things are a little different for Dart this go round as he already secured the job last season and it is his to loose and not so much take from someone else.
With Spencer Sanders coming to Ole Miss this year it created a little bit of a quarterback competition and minor position controversy but the spring practices look to instill Dart is still the guy, for now.
Sanders was slow to get going this spring with his shoulder injury that limited his participation in the first half but by the Grove Bowl he started looking like the player he was for four years at Oklahoma State.
“Competition’s always good,” Dart said following the Grove Bowl. “For me, I see me as trying to develop to be a first-round (NFL) draft pick (after next season), so I just try to keep getting better each and every day. It’s good to have guys like that to push you and compete day-in and day-out.
“Spencer has a lot of experience, and me and Walker (Howard) are kind of the younger ones. It’s good at times to take some words of advice from him. With them coming here and being new to the system, me being able to give them feedback off our schematics and things like that has helped us all develop.”
