Archie Manning hopes the next NFL quarterback in the family dynasty will play for the Dallas Cowboys.
Arch Manning, 19, is currently a redshirt freshman playing for the Texas Longhorns under Steve Sarkisian.
He is the latest star in football’s most famous bloodline: the grandson of Archie, the son of Cooper Manning and the nephew of Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning.
Arch is expected to follow in his uncles’ footsteps and reach the NFL. Before Saturday’s SEC Championship game against Georgia, Archie was asked which team he would like his grandson to join.
‘It’s funny, no one has ever asked me that. If anyone asked me, I would immediately say Cowboys,” he said.
But first, the 75-year-old Arch hopes he will play in Austin with Texas for “three more years.”
Archie Manning hopes his grandson Arch will eventually play for the Dallas Cowboys
The 19-year-old is a freshman playing for the Texas Longhorns under Steve Sarkisian
The Manning dynasty started with Archie, who played under center at Ole Miss before being drafted No. 2 overall to the NFL. Between 1971 and 1984 he played for the Saints, the Oilers and the Vikings.
His comments were notable in part because he previously had a hand in guiding Arch’s uncle Eli to his favorite destination, the New York Giants, in 2004.
San Diego had the first pick in that year’s draft and planned to take Peyton’s younger brother until Archie weighed in.
He publicly stated that Eli would refuse to play for the Chargers if they selected him.
Ultimately, the Giants traded the fourth overall pick, quarterback Phillip Rivers, and several future draft picks in exchange for Eli, who would play his entire career with New York.