Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart returning for 2024

One of the most productive quarterbacks in the SEC returns for a potential playoff run next season.

Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart will return to Oxford for the 2024 season, he officially announced on social media on Monday.

“For the last few great ones out there,” the video’s caption read. “Come join us for one last dance.”

Dart was one of the SEC’s most productive quarterbacks in 2023, finishing third in the conference with 3,364 passing yards and tied for fourth with 23 passing touchdowns. He threw for three touchdowns in four separate games, including a 379-yard, three-touchdown performance against Penn State in the Peach Bowl on Saturday and a 389-yard, four-touchdown shootout win over LSU.

He finished the year averaging 9.4 yards per attempt, the eighth-best mark in the FBS.

Dart’s return is a massive boost for the Rebels’ College Football Playoff chances. He will be joined by the best transfer portal class next year, with big names like wide receiver Juice Wells and defensive linemen Walter Nolen and Princely Umanmielen suiting up for Lane Kiffin’s team in the first year of the 12-team playoff after Ole Miss’s first 11-win season in program history this year.