It’s been a big of a rough week for Texas Longhorns QB Arch Manning.
The former five-star recruit has received plenty of criticism after news broke earlier this month that Manning is choosing to not opt in to the new EA Sports College Football game.
Mike Farrell of MikeFarrellSports.com went scorched earth on Manning this week, suggesting that the quarterback with the famous last name is “overrated” while questioning whether or not Arch is a competitor.
On Tuesday, Rivals.com national recruiting director Adam Gorney wrote that Manning needs to “lighten up” while also taking the Texas QB to task for the way he handles the media.
Gorney noted that Manning supposedly wants to just be “one of the guys”, but unlike his five-star counterparts, he mostly refused to talk to reporters during his recruitment — which was very unlike the rest of “the guys”.
Gorney is spot on. The Manning family, which loves to be in control of the narrative (remember the Eli Manning and San Diego Chargers draft fiasco), has made sure that Arch isn’t “one of the guys” by trying to control every single bit of media attention directed his way. Arch’s recruiting experience was anything but normal. And that was 100 percent because his family made getting access to Arch more difficult than getting access to a sitting president.