Texas’ Arch Manning will step behind center at Ohio Stadium in August with plenty of expectations heaped on top of him. He figures to be the most criticized quarterback in college football next season but seems to be able to handle such pressure as Peyton and Eli’s nephew.
Manning reminds Fox Sports’ RJ Young of two other passers who starred for the Longhorns.
“Arch Manning is the love child of Colt McCoy and David Ash,” Young said last week on “The Number One College Football Show.” “That dude is so fast, and that arm is so lively that you feel like all Ryan Wingo’s gotta do is run go routes.”
McCoy went 45-8 in 53 career starts for Texas from 2006-09, setting a record for the most wins in NCAA history and becoming a two-time All-American. Ash climbed up leaderboards, including setting the Longhorns’ true freshman passing touchdown record, from 2011-14.
