The phone number was unfamiliar, but the voice on the other end was easily distinguishable.
“Once I heard that deep southern accent, I knew it was him,” Toledo quarterback Dequan Finn said.
Archie Manning was calling Finn to extend an invitation to the prestigious Manning Passing Academy.
Finn giddily accepted the offer.
The four-day camp in June at Nicholls State in Louisiana features a collection of the nation’s best high school quarterbacks, wide receivers, running backs, and tight ends. A select group of college quarterbacks serve as counselors, as well as Archie, Peyton, Eli, and Cooper Manning.