When the Giants traded back into the first round to draft Jaxson Dart, they announced to the football world that the Ole Miss QB is their future.

Manning, of course, starred at Mississippi — his father Archie’s alma mater — before landing with the Giants in 2004. Dart started the past three seasons there after transferring from USC. He broke Eli’s school record for career passing yards.

Utah native Jaxson Dart was that second signal caller taken when the New York Giants traded to get back into the back end of the first round to nab him with the 25th overall selection. The Giants used the third overall pick Thursday to take Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter,