Arch Manning commits to Texas, ending months of speculation

Arch Manning has verbally committed to Texas, the top-ranked quarterback prospect announced on Thursday, ending one of the most highly watched and hotly contested recruitments in recent college football history.

"Committed to the University of Texas," the five-star passer said in the first post to his Twitter account.

The nephew of former NFL quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning, Arch Manning held offers from every major program in the Football Bowl Subdivision before narrowing his list to a handful of elite schools — including Clemson, LSU and more — and trimming his options down to three: Texas, Alabama and Georgia.

Long considered to be a two-team race between the Longhorns and Bulldogs,…