The longest run of Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning's NFL career was 33 yards in 2001.
The longest of Peyton's brother Eli's NFL career was 23 in 2015.
That does not look like it will be the case for Texas quarterback Arch Manning whenever he decides to go pro.
During the Longhorns' game against UTSA Saturday, Arch relieved injured quarterback Quinn Ewers and immediately produced one of the most electric plays of the young college season. Peyton and Eli's nephew kept the football on second-and-2 from Texas's 33-yard line and wove through the Roadrunner defense to put his team up 28–7 in the second quarter.
ARCH MANNING TAKES IT 67 YARDS TO THE HOUSE WITH HIS LEGS 😱
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 15, 2024
It's the longest rush by a Texas QB since Vince Young in 2005. pic.twitter.com/AjU9uSli2c
You can guess how fans reacted to that one.
Some observers clamored for Arch to come to the NFL as soon as possible.
The NFL is about to give Arch Manning a fake ID like he’s McLovin to get him in the 2025 QB class
— Trevor Sikkema (@TampaBayTre) September 15, 2024
Ex-Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III, the 2011 Heisman Trophy winner, sang Arch's praises.
Arch Manning got EVERY OUNCE of Manning athleticism in the UNIVERSE and some. He a brother from a different mother. pic.twitter.com/dnjhnXvwqu
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) September 15, 2024
Those adjacent to the digital media sphere licked our... er, their collective chops.
an entire generation of content generators leaping off the wreckage of the Deion Sanders bandwagon onto the Arch Manning train going 75 mph in the opposite direction
— Matt Hinton (@MattRHinton) September 15, 2024
Some recalled Peyton's past praise of his nephew's athleticism.
“My dad's speed and athletic ability skipped a generation. He can run, he can move”
— LandonTengwall (@landon_tengwall) September 15, 2024
Peyton Manning on Arch Manning last week on the Pat McAfee show
pic.twitter.com/kWmFEodF0p
Familiar comparisons to past quarterback controversies flew.
Arch manning and Quinn Ewers https://t.co/Hww4T5MXJt pic.twitter.com/31ZTE0gAjO
— shaya- https://arab.org/click-to-help/palestine/ (@shayasilbers1) September 15, 2024
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Arch Manning Uncorks Long Touchdown Run for Texas in Relief of Quinn Ewers.
