When your uncles are Peyton Manning and Eli Manning and your grandfather is Archie Manning, you’re going to have a lot to live up to as a quarterback. So far, Arch Manning has done pretty well on his own. Now, he’s collected a prestigious award that his uncle Peyton also previously won, signaling that he’s got a bright future ahead.
The Isidore-Newman quarterback was recently announced as the winner of the Bobby Dodd national high school player of the year by the Touchdown Club of Atlanta. The Texas Longhorns commit finished his senior season going 138 of 227 for 2,297 yards and 34 touchdowns and only two interceptions, both of which came in the team’s quarterfinal playoff loss.
Arch joins a pretty illustrious list of award-winners that went on to do big things in college and the NFL, including Peyton, Kevin Faulk, Leonard Fournette, Trevor Lawrence, and Terrell Pryor.
Arch is now set to begin his college career at Texas where he’s recently shared why he picked the Longhorns over Georgia and Alabama.
“I really enjoyed Austin as a city itself,” Manning said. “I liked the coaches and I got along with my host (Michael Taaffe and Connor Robertson) and current players there and I feel we can build something special there in the next few years and I have a lot of trust in Coach Sark. I also like my signing class a lot. I think we’re going to finish out well and have a good class.”
