THIBODAUX -- It always starts with an out-of-nowhere phone call from Archie Manning.
These quarterbacks from all over the country get a random ring from a Louisiana area code. They pick up and confusedly say, "Hello?" But it's Archie Manning on the phone inviting them to be a counselor at the famous Manning Passing Academy at Nicholls State.
They get picked for this rite-of-passage camp that so many of the best quarterbacks in the NFL once took part it. Manning personally calls the Trace McSorleys and Jarrett Stidhams and Jake Fromms of the world to let them know.