Giants' Jaxson Dart matches Jalen Hurts, Lamar Jackson in NFL QB rushing history

Billy Heyen

Giants' Jaxson Dart matches Jalen Hurts, Lamar Jackson in NFL QB rushing history image

Jaxson Dart has a great name for a quarterback.

But that wonderful last name doesn't give away what one of the New York Giants rookie QB's best skills is.

He's a great runner with the football.

Dart is fast, strong, shifty and finishes his runs.

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In his first three career starts, he's done it as well as anyone.

The Amazon Prime broadcast shared that Dart is the third QB to run for at least 50 yards in each of his first three starts in the NFL.

The other two? Jalen Hurts and Lamar Jackson.

That's as good of company as a running quarterback can have.

Dart joined the list while playing against Hurts' Eagles on Thursday Night Football to open Week 6.

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Jackson's rushing ability goes without needing more description.

It was clear the Giants were fond of Dart as a rusher right away. Even when Russell Wilson was the Giants' starter in the first three weeks, they ran a specialty package for Dart in which he came in and ran the ball.

And now that Dart is starting, he's doing everything he can to win football games. If that means running, and powerfully, he'll do it. And so far, Dart is doing it often.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle