If there was any doubt about New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart’s love life before, he appears to have erased it with one post via Snapchat.
Dart, 22, reportedly posted a photo via Snapchat of himself planting a kiss on model Marissa Ayers’ cheek as the two shared a hug before the Giants faced the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday, December 28.
The picture ultimately disappeared on Snapchat, but not before Deuxmoi captured and shared it via Instagram.
That same day, Ayers, 22, shared a photo of flowers she received, addressed to “my Peachy.”
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The pair’s posts followed weeks of speculation about the Giants quarterback and the ring girl for the Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua Netflix fight. On December 15, Ayers shared a video of herself via TikTok wearing a blue Giants t-shirt, and social media sleuths quickly determined that she appeared to be in Dart’s apartment.
Two weeks before, Ayers was spotted on the field at the Giants’ Monday Night Football game against the New England Patriots alongside Dart’s mom, Kara.
Dart and Ayers were first linked just weeks after Dart caused a mild social media stir over rumors that he was dating pop star Madison Beer. It stemmed from Dart revealing in a red carpet interview in September that Beer, 26, is his celebrity crush. Beer, for her part, is currently dating Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert.
The Giants took Dart with the 25th overall pick in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft out of the University of Mississippi. After beginning the season as the backup to veteran quarterback Russell Wilson, Dart took over the starting role in Week 4.
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Dart’s emergence has been a bright spot in a rough year for the Giants, who are 3-13 with one game remaining. While his play on the field has shown promise and there no longer appear to be questions around his dating life, Dart’s family is continuing to ruffle feathers. His father, Brandon Dart, has gotten into a back-and-forth with CBS Sports’ Danny Kanell, leading Kanell, 52, to unload on him on his “VT Sports” podcast.
After Kanell said he had not seen enough evidence to conclude Jaxson is the team’s quarterback of the future, Brandon told him to “eat a fat one” via X.
“I don’t know why you’re messing and meddling in your son’s business,” Kanell said on the Monday, December 29 episode. “He’s been online before, calling out officials, calling out other analysts and it brings more attention to you than it does your son and it’s negative attention by calling out anybody in the media. I’m a nobody in the media. Why are you attacking me? I get supporting your son, but bringing this on you. There’s going to be a lot of people — it doesn’t bother me. I don’t care. I get it. But as a dad, this reeks of helicopter dad, who has been involved and it’s been pretty well documented how involved he’s been in his son’s life.”
Kanell continued, “Just let him go be him. You don’t have to come to your son’s rescue. You don’t have to defend him. Let his play do the talking and it will all be fine. You can keep receipts. You can hold on to everything. But this, to me, doesn’t do Jaxson Dart any favors because you’re just making a target on his back for any critics. I’m pretty used to getting called out like this, but a lot of guys would start rooting against Jaxson Dart so they could be right.”