Jaxson Dart shares message confirming his transfer destination: ‘Ole Miss are you ready?’

Southern California quarterback Jaxson Dart appears to throw through the first half of an NCAA school soccer recreation towards Arizona Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, in Los Angeles. Dart confirmed he's transferring to Ole Miss.

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Sooner or later after stories indicated Jaxson Dart was heading to Ole Miss, he confirmed the switch on social media and had a message for his new SEC residence.

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“I can already inform Oxford is a particular place!” Dart wrote in a message shared on Instagram and Twitter. “I can’t wait to get to work and provide you with all that I've! Hotty Toddy! Ole Miss are you prepared?”

Dart, the previous USC quarterback, entered the NCAA switch portal following his freshman season. He reportedly visited Ole Miss, Oklahoma and BYU.

Dart, who prepped at each Nook Canyon and Roy Excessive, was the 2020 Deseret Information Mr. Soccer recipient.

The 6-foot-3, 215-pounder threw for 1,353 yards and 9 touchdowns towards 5 interceptions as a real freshman in 2021 whereas including a pair of dashing touchdowns.

Dart was rated one of many nation’s high accessible gamers within the switch portal — 247 Sports activities had him ranked No. 3 within the nation — and joins an Ole Miss crew in search of a brand new beginning quarterback. Matt Corral, who threw for greater than 6,500 yards and practically 50 touchdowns over the previous two seasons, declared for the NFL draft, opening a QB battle for Lane Kiffin’s program.

“Bringing in Dart is an efficient factor for Ole Miss. Clearly,” Nick Suss of the Mississippi Clarion Ledger wrote.

“There aren't any ensures that Dart could be a program-changing expertise in the best way Corral was. However Kiffin’s monitor report working with quarterbacks and Dart’s connection to passing recreation coordinator John David Baker, who recruited Dart to USC, trace in the direction of the Rebels having a great understanding of methods to use him.”

Dart additionally thanked the USC group for his one season in California.

“To my brothers … within the quick time we had, I really feel honest gratitude for our reminiscences and relationships we created. They'll final a lifetime. You'll endlessly be household,” he wrote.

“Regardless of adversity we stood collectively! Thanks for welcoming me and my household. I like SC and am extraordinarily grateful for my time right here.”