Given out annually since 1986, previous winners of the award include NFL stars such as Emmitt Smith, Peyton Manning, and Kyler Murray. I’m still just in shock and can’t believe I’m even in the same discussion and awards as those guys.”ĭart is the first football player from Utah to be honored with Gatorade’s Player of the Year Award. “I look at the names and I look at the things that those individuals have done for the sport they play as well as all the different things that they’ve done for the community around them. Jaxson could start at BYU next season, or at worst would lead BYU into the Big 12 in 2023 as the face of BYU’s program.“It still honestly doesn’t even feel real,” Dart said on his thoughts on joining such an elite group. Ole Miss would give Dart a chance to start right away under Lane Kiffin and Oklahoma is a blue blood, but I believe BYU is firmly in the mix for Jaxson.
This is me deciphering some here, but Tregg’s BYU + emoji face seems to me that he wants to be a package deal with Jaxson, but wouldn’t go to BYU with Jaxson, insinuating that Jaxson is seriously considering BYU (How’s that for detective skills!). The post is Tregg sharing Dart’s IG story of Dart sharing Tregg’s Ole Miss picture. Tregg was Jaxson’s roommate at USC and both visited OU and Ole Miss together and whom may thought to be a package deal. If you also want a little smoke, USC tight end Michael Tregg posted the below post on his Instagram story. Family is also a big deal to Jaxson, as evidenced by taking a photo shoot at BYU with his little brother. Ole Miss and Oklahoma’s staffs just started this month. Roderick and Kalani have been recruiting Jaxson for years. It also doesn’t hurt that Zach Wilson, who prepped at Corner Canyon before Dart, was a number two pick in the NFL draft under Roderick and Jaren Hall is on NFL Draft boards. The two biggest things BYU has going for it are 1) BYU coaches’ relationship with Dart and 2) the chance for Dart to play close to home. Hall had a fantastic season, and although Jaxson has the talent to push Jaren and even beat him out, he would be stepping into a intense QB competition. Dart will be immediately eligible to play next season, but BYU already has Jaren Hall at QB. Jaxson seemed like he was onto Oklahoma and Ole Miss. Dart was USC’s starting QB versus BYU and threw for 248 yards, threw 1 TD, ran for another, and had zero turnovers.Įarlier this week I would’ve told you BYU was out of it. His first college action came he stepped in for Kedon Slovis at Washington State, who suffered an injury in the first quarter, and threw for 391 yards and 4 TDs in a 45-14 USC win. He passed for 1,353 yards, 9 touchdowns, and 5 interceptions. Corner Canyon was undefeated in 2020 and won the state 6A title.ĭart played in 6 games for USC last season and showed flashes of brilliance.
That season he threw for 4,691 yards and a state-record 67 TDs with 4 interceptions and ran for 1,195 yards on 128 carries (9.3 avg) with 12 TDs.
He had arguably the best high school player as a senior, when he named as the 2020 Gatorade National Football Player of the Year, Max Preps National Player of the Year, and Sports Illustrated All-American first team.
A post shared by Diesel Dart was the first school to offer Dart back in high school and figured to be in the mix due to Kalani Sitake’s and Aaron Roderick’s long-standing relationship with Jaxson and his family.ĭart was a consensus 4-star recruit coming out of high school, but 247 Sports re-ranked him as a 5-Star recruit and the #3 overall transfer once he entered the transfer portal.ĭart prepped at Roy High School (Utah) before transferring to Corner Canyon his senior year.
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