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One of the most expected college football programs is Maning Passing Academy, which brings together some of the country’s top quarterbacks and others to compete, learn and prepare for the upcoming season.
Of course, the camp had a staffing that participated instead of teaching when Texas Longhorn’s Quarterback Arch Manning got tons of attention from almost everyone personal and looked at at home.
Arch will lead Longhorns this season after spending two years as Quinn Ewers’ backup in Austin, and if he has the Heisman level season, he predicts to him, maybe he will take the leap to the NFL after his junior year.
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Texas Longhorn’s Quarterback Arch Manning (16) Practice before 2024 SEC Championship Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Brett Davis-Preferred Pictures)
Despite not even being in the league yet, comparisons with his Super Bowl-Master-Onkler, Peyton and Eli Manning are already beginning.
Peyton appeared at “The Pat McAfee Show”, explaining his enthusiasm for his nephew this season. However, he knows Arch, his brother and Arch’s father Cooper and others have already prepared Texas Signal Caller for what is going to come.
“You know Pat, Eli and I’m his uncles,” Peyton told McAfee. “We try to be there as a resource for him, but Cooper has done a good job with Arch, and they have handled all the different things that have come their way in the right way. I’m excited to see Arch Play. He’s been very patient. I thought he threw the ball really well in the camp.”
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However, it was not only the bow that turned heads at the Maning Passing Academy.
“[Arch] and [LSU QB] Garrett Nussmeier in kind of our three throwing exhibitions really threw the ball well. All quarterbacks threw it well. It’s impressive. They make throws that I wouldn’t even think of making. I mean Arch made a throw the other day – I had to beat the Cutoff man to get the ball to the actual recipient. Nussmeier, Lanorris [Sellers] From South Carolina, it’s impressive all around. “
While there has been a focus on the arch since he chose Longhorns out of high school, it has been pretty weak because he had to wait for his trip behind Ewers, which was last season to help lead Texas to college -football play.
But two years of teaching head coach Steve Sarkisian’s offensive scheme is something that the Indianapolis Colts legend believes did his nephew good.
Texas Quarterback Arch Manning (16) runs against Ohio State during the first half of the Cotton Bowl College Football Playoff SemiFinal Game, Friday 10. January 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)
“But look, he’s been patient,” Peyton explained. “It’s been well documented, he’s been there two years. I’m such a belief in mastering the system you’re in. When you have new coordinators every single year in the NFL and College, it’s just frustrating for me. I was lucky … The fact that Sarcisian calls acting and Arch has been there for two years and will know the system that will be a huge benefit to him.
“I look forward to seeing him coming out on the field. He has worked really hard. I love to watch him go to that camp for his teammates. It’s to be a good teammate. It’s to be a good wingman. I’m excited to get down there and watch a couple of matches in Austin.”
One of the most important things that football fans point out when comparing Arch to his NFL-star uncles is the fact that he can really tighten the ground, causing defenders to miss as he sticks and goes out of his pocket.
As Peyton pointed out, Cooper was a broad recipient, so his wheels have to come from his father.
What has also moved on to the next generation is “Swagger”, which he thinks Cooper went down to Arch.
Peyton Manning couldn’t be more excited to see his nephew, Arch Manning, lead Texas Longhorns this season. (IMagn)
“Moxy, it was his father,” Peyton said. “Cooper was a cocky wide recipient who was open every time in the hug. I think of the second year in high school, I was a quarterback and Cooper was a senior. I think I ended 120 passports that year and I think 90 of them to my brother. He would have wished all 120. He wasn’t interested in his teammates or friends.
“But Arch has to be his own person and he can move. My father’s kind of speed, kind of skipped over a generation, jumped over me and Eli. Arch has it, which helps him. But I still think with all the quarterbacks, we have to be able to throw from the pocket first, throw on time and not take many hits. That’s what we talked about with them.”
ARCH will be tested immediately as Longhorns’ starts as Texas travels to Ohio State to meet the reigning national masters on August 30.
