Over 600 hundred days later, the first of three tweets by Arch Manning is still indicative of how differently the heir of football’s royal quarterback family approaches everything.
With six words, a hashtag, and a simple camp picture in lieu of a graphic, the nation’s No. 1 prospect in the 2023 recruiting class unexpectedly ended the most high-profile recruitment of the modern era with a commitment to the Texas Longhorns.
Committed to the University of Texas. #HookEm pic.twitter.com/jHYbjBaF5K
— Arch Manning (@ArchManning) June 23, 2022
It was a shocking decision in the wake of head coach Steve Sarkisian’s 5-7 season in 2021, his first on the Forty Acres, and the commitment from the transfer portal of quarterback Quinn Ewers, the top recruit in the 2021 class who had just spent a season on the bench at Ohio State.