Following Eli Manning's retirement at the conclusion of the 2019 season, the 2020 campaign marks the first year that someone from the Manning family isn't playing quarterback at the NFL level since 1997.
But we're starting to get the sense that it may not be too long until another Manning is on the national stage.
Arch Manning, the nephew of Eli and Peyton, made his sophomore debut for Isidore Newman high school in New Orleans on Thursday evening, and he put on an absolute clinic.
Though Arch doesn't rock one of the numbers that either of his uncles -- or his grandfather, Archie -- did in the NFL, his No. 16 is hardly new to the Manning family. Arch dons the No. 16 on his jersey, the same number that Peyton wore for his collegiate career at the University of Tennessee.
Arch is the son of the third and oldest Manning brother, Cooper, who was an all-state wide receiver in high school but had what almost certainly was a career headed for the NFL ended prematurely by a diagnosis of spinal stenosis.
In a way, football karma may be coming back around for Cooper. Arch isn't simply worth talking about because of his last name. He has a great deal of talent. He's still a few years away from his 18th birthday, but he's already 6-foot-3 and weighs 195 pounds. He's a four-star recruit, according to 24/7 Sports says, and has already received offers from Alabama, Boston College, Duke, Georgia and LSU.
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