Filling in for an injured Kedon Slovis, backup quarterback Jaxson Dart made an immediate impact, steering USC to a comeback win over Washington State.
His 391 yards passing were the most ever by a USC player in his first game.The 18-year-old Dart found himself celebrating the victory in the same place as many Trojans greats before him, on a stepladder in front of the USC band with a sword in hand.
There will be more festivities like this in his future, as Dart figures to be a cornerstone of a team that attempts to change the program’s downward trajectory under its next coach. However, his performance was spectacular enough to raise the question of whether he would also be central to interim coachWilliams was evasive on the subject, declining to say whether Slovis would remain the starter when he returns to health.
There were some early nerves, with Dart’s first drive ending with an intercepted pass and the fourth with a lost fumble.Neilon was struck by how he responded to his mistakes.“He just kept going,” Neilon said. “He said it’s all right and made plays. He was poised.” Neilon was particularly taken by Dart’s confidence, how the quarterback wasn’t afraid to deliver passes into quickly closing windows or wear a stripe of eye black that ran vertically over his right eye.
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