Quarterback Arch Manning Peyton and Ellie’s nephew announces his commitment
The top quarterback is looking to join the Longhorns in the fall of 2023.
Arch Manning High School’s top quarterback has committed to the University of Texas, the 19-year-old athlete announced Thursday.
Manning will play for the Texas Longhorns starting in 2023.
Potential No. 1 – and the nieces of Super Bowl winners Peyton and Ellie – confirmed the news in a Twitter post. “Dedicated to the University of Texas,” Manning wrote to his 20,000 followers on Wednesday. The future Longhorns player ended his tenure by signing the team hashtag #HookEm.
According to ESPN, several universities struggle to raise the No. 1, leaving football fans and analysts speculating massively about where he would play college football. Georgia, Alabama, LSU, Clemson, and Virginia are some of the other schools Manning is considering.
There was a sporting success in the family of the young quarterback. Along with Uncle Ellie and Peyton, Arch is the grandson of Archie Manning, who led the New Orleans Saints for 13 seasons. Arch’s father, the Cooper, was the eldest of Archie’s three sons. He had to play for the University of Mississippi before he was diagnosed with spinal stenosis, a neurological condition and forced to end his QB career at 18. Ellie told the news in November that while she wanted her nephew to play for her alma mater in Mississippi. She just wanted Arch to enjoy the end of her high school career.
“I said to him, ‘Hey, enjoy being a junior in high school, enjoy being with your friends and playing football.’ You’re trying to win a state championship for your high school soccer team and enjoying the recruiting process. So don’t stress out,” said Ellie. “Enjoy the moment.”