Reports: Former Roy QB Jaxson Dart to start Week 4 for New York Giants
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- New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart (6) talks with quarterback Jameis Winston (19) during an NFL game against Dallas on Sept. 14, 2025, in Arlington, Texas.
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- New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart, right, talks to his parents, Brandon and Kara Dart, prior to an NFL game between the Giants and Dallas on Sept. 14, 2025, in Arlington, Texas.
NEW YORK — More than a few New York Giants fans at the Meadowlands chanted, “We want Dart!” after Russell Wilson threw an interception during a third consecutive loss to start the season on Sunday night.
Now they are getting him.
The Giants are turning to rookie Jaxson Dart to start at quarterback in their next game Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers, according to two people familiar with the decision. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the change had not been announced.
ESPN and the New York Post also reported the move Tuesday morning.
Dart replaces Wilson with New York off to an 0-3 start and the unbeaten Chargers coming to town. Wilson is expected to dress as the backup with journeyman Jameis Winston remaining third on the depth chart.
Coach Brian Daboll was noncommittal Monday about who his QB would be after Wilson threw two interceptions in a 22-9 defeat to Kansas City on Sunday night. Daboll said he and his staff were “evaluating everything,” declining to answer who else might be involved in making a change at football’s most important position.
Dart is set to make his first NFL start after getting a handful of snaps the past two weeks. He has yet to attempt a pass, while Wilson has thrown all of them so far, going 65 of 110 for 778 yards, three touchdowns and three picks.
The Giants traded back into the first round to select Dart with the 25th pick and see the Mississippi product as their quarterback of the future.
“We put him in the game for the last two weeks,” Daboll said Monday when asked about Dart. “We wouldn’t put anybody in a game we don’t feel confident with.”
Dart is in line to be New York’s sixth different QB to start a game going back to 2022, joining Wilson, Daniel Jones, Tommy DeVito, Drew Lock, Tyrod Taylor and Davis Webb.
Dart was the second QB taken in the 2025 draft. He first got on the NFL radar when he was the national Gatorade Football Player of the Year in his 2020 senior year at Corner Canyon High School, throwing for 4,691 yards and a Utah state-record 67 TD and only four interceptions.
Before that, Dart started three seasons at Roy High School, amassing 5,997 passing yards and 50 touchdowns while the Royals went 16-7 with three playoff wins in his sophomore and junior seasons. Dart joined Jim McMahon, taken No. 5 overall in the 1982 draft, as first-round picks to play at Roy.
Dart played in six games as a freshman at USC before transferring to Ole Miss, where he became a three-year starter from 2022-24. In 39 games at Ole Miss, he threw for 10,617 yards, 72 touchdowns and 22 interceptions.
Standard-Examiner sports editor Brett Hein contributed to this story.
