Ole Miss QB Jaxson Dart units SEC report for consecutive completions as Rebels rout Center Tennessee

Dart’s 24 for twenty-four begin bested the 23 straight completions posted by former Tennessee quarterback Tee Martin to start a 1998 victory over South Carolina. Together with Dart’s last six completions from the Rebels’ Week 1 win over Furman, he related on 30 straight passes earlier than lastly misfiring with 9:56 remaining towards the Blue Raiders.

The near-perfection from the Ole Miss passing recreation is only one spotlight of a prolific begin to this system’s extremely anticipated 2024 season. The Rebels posted 772 complete yards of their 76-0 season-opening win towards Furman and adopted up with 655 extra towards MTSU.

Dart is now 47 of 54 for 795 yards with six passing touchdowns and no interceptions on the yr. Although the competitors has been underwhelming, it is nonetheless a head-turning begin for coach Lane Kiffin’s assault. This system’s No. 6 preseason rank was its highest since 1970, when Archie Manning was this system’s quarterback, and the Rebels are poised to rise even greater following No. 5 Notre Dame’s loss to Northern Illinois on Saturday.

Ole Miss will get an improve in competitors subsequent week at Wake Forest. Nonetheless, their first recreation towards a ranked foe does not come till an Oct. 12 journey to LSU, which suggests their may very well be a lot extra prolific performances on the way in which.