Ole Miss QB Jaxson Dart overtakes Eli Manning's record for most career passing yards in school history

Ole Miss senior quarterback Jaxson Dart closed out the regular season in illustrious fashion, overtaking Eli Mannings record for most career passing yards in school history.

Dart entered Saturdays matchup against Mississippi State with 10,070 school career passing yards, 49 yards behind Mannings record (10,119).

After an 80-yard first half from Dart, the title was Mannings no longer.

Advertisement Im usually not very excited when my records getting broken, but having gotten to (meet) you over the years and watching your career, Im happy that its someone like you, Manning said in a video congratulating Dart.

Manning, the two-time Super Bowl champion, set the record as a three-year starter from 2000 to 2003.

He closed out his Rebels tenure with 81 touchdowns and other school career records for completions (829) and passing attempts (1,363).

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@EliManning congratulates Jaxson Dart on breaking his @OleMissFB passing yards record pic.twitter.com/HyGFBIQdPb SEC Network (@SECNetwork) November 29, 2024 Dart, also a three-year starter for Ole Miss after transferring from USC following his true freshman season, is the winningest quarterback in the schools modern history with 26 career victories.

Earlier this season against Arkansas , Dart set the Ole Miss single-game record for total yards (562), breaking Archie Mannings single-game record of 540, which stood since 1969.

Darts 515 passing yards in that game also broke the Ole Miss single-game passing record.

Archie, Elis father, had an All-American quarterback career at Ole Miss from 1968 to 1970 that saw him graduate with the SEC records for most pass completions in a game (33), most career total offense (5,576 yards), SEC Player of the Year honors as well as a plethora of Heisman votes in his final two seasons.

Eli (No.

10) and Archie (No.

18) are two of four former Ole Miss football players to have their number retired by the school.

Chucky Mullins (No.

38), whos 1989 injury in a game against Vanderbilt ended his playing career and left him paralyzed, and Ben Williams (No.

74), the first Black athlete to play in a varsity football game for Ole Miss, round out the list.

Ole Miss, 8-3 overall heading into Saturday, is likely out of the College Football Playoff race.

None of the three teams that beat the Rebels Kentucky , LSU and Florida are ranked by the committee, with the Tigers (7-4) posting the best record.

Required reading (Photo: Andy Altenburger / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images).

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