The biggest recruitment of the last couple of cycles has come to a close as Arch Manning committed to the Texas Longhorns. The consensus No. 1 prospect for the 2023 class chose the Longhorns over Georgia and Alabama.
While Texas has a long way to go to prove that the 5-7 season in Steve Sarkisian’s first year was a fluke, gaining a commitment from Manning will go a long way to building the type of program that is expected at Texas. According to Longhorns Wire, the plan will be for Manning to redshirt in 2023 behind Quinn Ewers before taking the reigns in 2024.
According to Kyle Umlang, Manning is the third quarterback with a perfect rating in the 247Sports database. The other two were also Longhorns; Ewers and Vince Young.
Since @247Sports began ranking prospects in 2000, only three quarterbacks have ever been given a perfect composite score of 1.0000
• Vince Young @VinceYoung10
• Quinn Ewers @QuinnEwers
• Arch Manning @ArchManningAll 3 committed to Texas!!!!#ThisIsTexas #HookEm 🤘🏽
— Kyle Umlang (@kyleumlang) June 23, 2022
With ties to the SEC, it was a bit surprising that Manning would choose Texas, but perhaps that’s an indication that the Longhorns (and Sooners) move will happen prior to 2024 or 2025.
This is a huge get for Sarkisian and the Longhorns and sets them up to land other top recruits in 2023 and beyond. If Manning is the player that many expect him to be, Texas will be a problem when he steps on the field.
But so will the Sooners. Armed with their own five-star quarterback in the 2023 class, Jackson Arnold, the Sooners and the Longhorns will be set for their transition to the SEC.
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