Raiders will visit with another top quarterback prospect

The Las Vegas Raiders are continuing to do their due diligence on top quarterback prospects leading up to the April 24-26 draft.

ESPN reported Tuesday afternoon that Las Vegas will soon host Mississippi quarterback Jaxson Dart on a pre-draft visit at their Henderson, Nevada headquarters.

Dart is considered one of the top prospects at the quarterback position this year and he should go in the higher rounds. Perhaps the Raiders could target him in the second round, they have the No. 37 overall pick, or if they trade down from No. 6 or trade back into the first round.

While the Raiders are committed to new starter Geno Smith, who turns 35, for the time being, they are expected to draft a quarterback this month to groom behind Smith, who they traded a third-round pick (No. 92) to the Seattle Seahawks last month.

In addition to Dart, among the other quarterbacks the Raiders are visiting with are Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers and Alabama’s Jalen Milroe.

Dart should see a friendly face when he visits the Raiders. He went to Corner Canyon High School in Draper, Utah with Raiders’ second-year offensive lineman Jackson Powers-Johnson.