Jaxson Dart dishes on former coach Lane Kiffin's Ole Miss departure, Giants hiring John Harbaugh

SAN FRANCISCO – Lane Kiffin stirred contention erstwhile helium decided to permission Ole Miss for LSU.

Kiffin instantly became the astir hated antheral successful Oxford aft leaving the Rebels precocious and adust conscionable arsenic the College Football Playoff was acceptable to begin, accepting a declaration reportedly worthy astir $100 million.

One of Kiffin's erstwhile Ole Miss quarterbacks, however, respected the coach's decision.

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Jaxson Dart of the Mississippi Rebels celebrates aft being named MVP alongside caput manager Lane Kiffin aft the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl against the Duke Blue Devils astatine EverBank Stadium connected Jan. 2, 2025, successful Jacksonville, Florida. (James Gilbert/Getty Images)

"I recognize it was a hard determination for him," New York Giants backmost Jaxson Dart said to Fox News Digital connected vigor row. 

"Just due to the fact that of each that was benignant of offered astatine LSU. I person my narration and my ties are astatine Ole Miss. So I'm excited for the aboriginal of Ole Miss and Pete [Golding] and the mode that the enactment and programme are going to go, but I besides person a batch of emotion for manager Kiff and cognize that he's going to bash a bully occupation arsenic well."

Dart's Giants, of course, had their ain caput coaching search, but Dart said helium did not enactment Kiffin's sanction successful the hat. He is, however, ecstatic astir John Harbaugh.

New York Giants caput manager John Harbaugh speaks astatine the property league announcing his hiring astatine Quest Diagnostics Training Center. (Ed Mulholland/Imagn Images)

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"Obviously helium was the hottest sanction retired determination connected the market, and, helium was the feline that we each wanted," Dart said of his caller caput coach. "So erstwhile we heard and had the accidental that we were going to get to play for him, everybody was excited and fired up astir it. I conscionable deliberation that who helium is arsenic a idiosyncratic and his individuality is thing that's precise respected among the league.

"From the conversations that I had, helium views the crippled the nonstop aforesaid mode that I do, that we do, and, you know, can't hold to get this happening rolling successful the close direction."

"Obviously helium was the hottest sanction retired determination connected the market, and, helium was the feline that we each wanted," Dart said of his caller caput manager John Harbaugh. (Adam Hunger/AP Photo)

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The Giants fired Brian Daboll during the play aft galore blown fourth-quarter leads. Harbaugh was fto spell by the Baltimore Ravens aft 18 seasons.

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