When the Senior Bowl week began there was certainly some debate as to who the top quarterbacks were participating. Not anymore. Jaxson Dart is the unquestioned QB1 at the Senior Bowl and is most certainly rising up the overall 2025 NFL Draft board.

The Senior Bowl is a tremendous showcase for NFL Draft prospects each year in Mobile, Alabama, and we often see stocks fluctuate at this unofficial start of the pre-draft process.  Scouts and GMs often pay more attention to the week of practices leading into the game on Saturday than anything else,

(EDITORÕS NOTE: Resubmitted with alternate crop.) Mississippi Rebels quarterback Jaxson Dart (2) throws the ball before the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025 at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla. [Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union] / Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Jaxson Dart is making his case for QB2 in the 2025 NFL Draft class this week in the Senior Bowl. The Cleveland Browns and New York Giants have already shown ‘early interest’ in Dart. A handful of teams reportedly have him above Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders.

Dart has a connection with Manning and his family, who've been supporting him since he transferred to Ole Miss before the 2022 season.

Jaxson Dart has the chance to be a hidden gem in this year's NFL Draft and he could be a steal for these three teams.