ESPN.com · Jul 29, 2021
How off-platform throws became en vogue for quarterbacks
THIBODAUX, La. -- The evolution of the quarterback is on full display for anyone willing to endure the thick heat of Louisiana over a long weekend in mid-July. Slog through the muddy fields on the Nicholls State campus an hour outside of New Orleans, and you'll find more than 1,000 high school-aged boys taking part in the Manning Passing Academy. Many of college football's top QBs serve as counselors, and there's a Manning everywhere you turn, whether it's father Archie, who became a legend at Ole Miss in the late 1960s, or sons Peyton and Eli, who won a combined four Super Bowls.
The arm angles of the quarterbacks here are all over the place -- over-the-top, three-quarters, sidearm.