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3 reasons Arch Manning should choose Texas football over Georgia

By Andrew Miller

Arch Manning, Texas Football Mandatory Credit: Ken Ruinard-USA TODAY Sports
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Steve Sarkisian, Texas Football
Steve Sarkisian, Texas Football Mandatory Credit: Stephen Spillman-USA TODAY Sports /

The Steve Sarkisian track record

Among the driving factors that have the Longhorns at the point we’re at now compared to where they would be maybe under former head coach Tom Herman in the recruitment of Arch just goes to show how good of work this staff has done on the trail. Despite going 5-7 last season and having a seemingly disastrous run through Big 12 play, Texas remains very much in the running to land a commitment from one of the most hyped-up recruits in recent college football history.

Sark and the Longhorns staff have done an amazing job just keeping this school around among the top group for Arch up to this point. Yet, the job is far from over.

Where Sark and the Longhorns can go next with this is by really driving home the point that this is the right staff to develop Arch. Sark’s quarterback track record is not one that the Manning family is going to take lightly. And it is something that is likely playing a major role in keeping Texas among the frontrunners in the Arch sweepstakes.

Just take a look at some of the quarterbacks that Sark has coached up and/or developed during his time as a college football coach:

  • Matt Leinart
  • Carson Palmer
  • Mark Sanchez
  • Jake Locker
  • Jalen Hurts
  • Tua Tagovailoa
  • Mac Jones

That is an impressive list that mostly trumps anything that Georgia has done in terms of NFL-caliber quarterback development in the last two decades. That is especially the case if you’re picking out Georgia head coach Kirby Smart and offensive coordinator Todd Monken in particular.

Sark is known for his quarterback development. And he could have his next great quarterback project in the works right now with Ewers potentially taking the reigns as the starter for this Texas offense in 2022.

This will definitely be a very convincing aspect of the pitch that Sark and the Longhorns give to Arch and it was definitely already a big part of the communication set up between the two parties.

It’s also worth noting that the two No. 1 rated recruits that Georgia landed at the quarterback position in the last decade, Jacob Eason and Justin Fields, both wound up transferring out within their first two years in Athens.

Here’s also a side-by-side comparison of the numbers that Eason and then Fields put up at their next schools compared to Georgia:

  • Jacob Eason at Georgia

    • 2,458 passing yards, 17 TDs, 8 INTs, 119.7 QBR

  • Jacob Eason at Washington

    • 3,132 passing yards, 23 TDs, 8 INTs, 143.9 QBR

  • Justin Fields at Georgia

    • 328 passing yards, 8 TDs, 0 INTs, 173.7 QBR

  • Justin Fields at Ohio State

    • 5,373 passing yards, 78 TDs, 9 INTs, 179.1 QBR

You can clearly see the difference between Georgia and the other schools that Eason and Fields played for during their collegiate careers, respectively. That could be used as a case study for quarterback development during the recruitment of Arch among these top two schools.

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