The most talked-about quarterback recruiting domino has fallen. Arch Manning picked Texas over Georgia and Alabama on Thursday, wrapping up one of the most talked-about recruitments of all time.
The NFL-legacy quarterback's timing lines up with several other elite arms looking to wind down the evaluation process with their own list of final schools, with Jaden Rashada set to come off the board sometime Sunday. Emerging prospects Brock Glenn and Avery Johnson want to make a decision in the coming days while Dylan Lonergan has a July 5 commitment scheduled.
Rashada originally marked June 18 as a verbal commitment date, where SI sources pinned Florida and Texas A&M as the most likely winners of a longstanding battle around the Pittsburg (Cailf.) High School star. Leading up to the day, however, he pushed the decision back to June 26 and had time to take what will be known as the swing visit in his recruitment—an official visit to Miami—during the week. Coming out of the trip, it appears the battle has shifted from all SEC to a Sunshine State showdown between the new coaching staffs in Gainesville and Coral Gables.
