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After taking Penn State linebacker Abdul Carter with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the Giants were not done on Thursday. Big Blue proceeded to trade back into the first round, making a deal with the Houston Texans to acquire pick No. 25 to take Mississippi quarterback Jaxson Dart.

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.