What Arch Manning asked Peyton Manning before Texas commitment

Like uncle like nephew.

Arch Manning is following down Uncle Peyton’s path as one of the coveted recruits in faculty soccer. Final week, Arch dedicated to play for the Texas Longhorns.

Peyton understands his nephew’s stunning transfer from his personal expertise within the 90s.

“The relationships you make in highschool simply don’t go away,” Peyton mentioned Friday throughout his Manning Passing Academy. “That’s why I’m glad for his sake that he made this determination. I did have a dialog with him final week after he made his final go to, as a result of he requested about after I made my determination.

“I simply bear in mind after I obtained again from my final go to, I mainly introduced the place I used to be going two days later as a result of I knew. When you recognize, you recognize and there’s no level in dragging it out and creating some drama.” 

Peyton Manning famously dedicated to the College of Tennessee, the place he received the 1997 SEC Championship and got here second in Heisman voting. He then went on to have one of the prolific passing careers in NFL historical past, profitable one Tremendous Bowl every with the Colts and the Broncos, and being elected to the Corridor of Fame.

With Texas getting into the SEC in 2025, Arch will get an opportunity to check if he has that greatness in opposition to Tennessee and Ole Miss, which occurs to be Uncle Eli’s alma mater.