sad news; Arch Manning anounce his departure from nfl………
When a team has the No. 1 rated player in a recruiting class on the bench for the second straight year, people will have questions. That’s how it is in the era of NIL deals and transfer portals.
That goes doubly if that player is Arch Manning, the top prospect of the 2023 class and nephew of former NFL quarterbacks Eli and Peyton Manning. Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian has long indicated that Quinn Ewers will be the starter this season, leaving Arch on the bench for another year.
The Manning family is the closest it gets to football royalty. So why put up with being the Texas backup for two years straight instead of transferring?
“I really credit his family,” Sarkisian said when on the Dan Patrick show.
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“I think they understand the process. We’re in this world now of instant gratification, whether it’s social media or the five-star recruit comes in and starts right away. But if you really look back at the history of Eli and Peyton, they didn’t start their freshman year. It took time as they developed.”
Peyton played four years at the University of Tennessee, improving each year until he threw for 3,819 passing yards, 36 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions in his final and most productive season. Eli nabbed the starting job at Ole Miss his sophomore year, throwing for 3,600 yards, 29 touchdowns and 10 interceptions as a senior.
Arch has already deviated from that path that his uncles carved. But be it their belief in Sarkisian’s ability to develop quarterbacks or an understanding that it’s Quinn Ewers’ job to lose, the family has not been antsy about pushing Arch toward the starting job.
