Arch Manning is widely viewed as the top player in the college football recruiting class of 2023, but one notable pundit doesn’t believe all the hype.
The nephew of Super Bowl champions Peyton and Eli Manning, a five-star quarterback at Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, recently announced his commitment to Texas.
Mike Farrell, the former national recruiting director of Rivals who describes himself as the “Godfather of Recruiting,” says Manning’s stock is greatly enhanced by the reputation of his famous family. In addition to Peyton and Eli, Arch’s father, Cooper, was an acclaimed high school prospect whose athletic career at Ole Miss was preempted by a spinal stenosis diagnosis. Grandfather Archie Manning enjoyed a productive professional career after being selected No. 2 in the 1971 NFL draft.
