> [New York Giants](https://sportsdata.usatoday.com/football/nfl/teams/new-york-giants/351) rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart has impressed NFL analysts and insiders over the first two weeks of the preseason, but much more importantly, he’s begun to win over his teammates.
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> And not just fellow quarterback Tommy DeVito, with whom Dart is very close.
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> “I ain’t gonna lie: He’s talented. He’s talented as (expletive),” [wide receiver Zach Pascal told the New York Daily News](https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/08/18/jaxson-dart-giants-receivers-believing-preseason/). “I’m blessed to be able to be in camp with him, but I’m pretty sure later in his future career, he’s gonna be one of them ones.
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> “I’ve seen him make throws I haven’t even seen vets make.”
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> Beyond just his on-field talent, Dart has left an impression with his unrelenting work ethic and childlike energy.
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> “Dart has the swag you want to see in a QB that gives confidence to the whole offense,” Pascal said. “When you see him make a throw or get excited and make a run, he has that energy and excitement that trickles throughout the whole offense to make us believe in him.”
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> “Just the way I’ve seen him grow from college ball to the NFL and the pros. His decision-making just got so much better; the way he thinks and carries himself,” wide receiver Juice Wells, an Ole Miss teammate of Dart, told the Daily News. “Dart is in the locker room for hours after practice putting in work. So I’m excited to see what else he has in store.”
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> Even before the Giants traded back into the first round of the 2025 NFL draft to select Dart at No. 25, several Giants players had keyed in on him. Among them was right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor, who admits he rarely watches college football.
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> “I was kind of intrigued by Dart when he was at Ole Miss. I wanted to see what he could do,” Eluemunor told reporters on Monday. “He had like a certain aura about him. It kind of made me want to watch him play, and the games I did see him play, it was just phenomenal reps.
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> “He’s a tough guy, sometimes he has to take hits when he’s running down field but he gets back up and gets all hyped up and as an offensive lineman, you build off that when you see your quarterback running down field and taking a hit and getting back up and acting like it wasn’t really anything when you know he probably felt it. He’s a really good player.”