By all outward appearances, five-star quarterback Arch Manning’s recruiting visit to Texas last weekend couldn’t have gone any better.
What happened, exactly? Texas exes Colt McCoy and Sam Ehlinger both made pitches, as did coach Steve Sarkisian and his assistants. Otherwise, good luck getting specifics from a family that’s kept almost all aspects of Manning’s recruitment under wraps.
Manning, out of Louisiana, is the nation’s No. 1 recruit in the class of 2023 and is believed to have whittled his list down to six schools — Alabama, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss and Texas.
Steve Wiltfong, the national director of recruiting for 247Sports, said in early March that Manning’s recruitment is likely to extend into the late spring and summer. Every school is working on the Manning family’s timetable, not the other way around.
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