The last time #Saints selected a QB in the 1st round of the #NFL draft…1971 when they picked Archie Manning out of Ole Miss.
54 years later could the Black & Gold add another Ole Miss QB in the 1st round?
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I asked @JaxsonDart at @seniorbowl about the Saints legend. pic.twitter.com/82iDQ0IbSu— Fletcher Mackel (@FletcherWDSU) January 29, 2025
In a recent interview with WDSU’s Fletcher Mackel, 2025 draft prospect Jaxson Dart shared some insight on his relationship with legendary former New Orleans Saints and Ole Miss quarterback Archie Manning. On top of that, he also shared how he would feel if the Saints call his name in April’s NFL draft.
“Yeah Archie’s been amazing, me and him have grown a very close relationship, talk to each other on a consistent basis, and he’s been a guy that I really looked up to ever since I was at Ole Miss. So just trying to follow under his wing,” Dart said after Tuesday’s practice session.
Then when asked how it would feel to follow in Manning’s footsteps and be drafted by the Saints, he responded with, “Nah I’d be blessed wherever, I’d be blessed wherever, I’m just really looking forward to the process.”
This is not the first time Manning has had some discussions with the quarterbacks of the younger generation either, as he also reached out to Spencer Rattler ahead of his NFL debut to provide him with a motivational message and say that he’s rooting for him. Whether or not Dart ends up with the Saints is yet to be seen, but playing in the Senior Bowl where the Saints have multiple positional coaches working is a start, and getting talked to by a Saints legend is an even further development.
