Peyton Manning’s son is already drawing serious college attention, even if his high school role is still pretty modest.
Marshall Manning, 15, spent this fall learning behind veteran starter Keegan Croucher at the Baylor School in Chattanooga. Croucher is a four-star senior and an Ole Miss commit, so the snaps have been limited for the freshman, who transferred from Denver before eighth grade. Marshall has also worn No. 16, the same number Peyton Manning wore at Tennessee.
His varsity debut came in August against Brentwood Academy, and it only took one snap for the buzz to start building. Marshall’s first varsity play was an eight-yard completion to junior receiver Antwaun Adams for a first down. That throw became the clip recruiting circles latched onto, and it helped fuel the attention that had already started after his high school debut in an August scrimmage.
Now the offers are rolling in anyway. 247Sports lists scholarship offers from No.
4 Miami and No. 5 Ohio State, along with Purdue and Missouri State.
Marshall hasn’t announced a commitment, and no visit schedule has been made public.
Even with the recruiting noise, the depth chart at Baylor hasn’t changed. Marshall is still working from behind Croucher, and the staff has not moved him ahead. The family connections people naturally mention first - Tennessee, Ole Miss and Texas - are not on the current offer list.
Arch Manning, meanwhile, addressed the attention his cousin is getting and kept it light. “Marshall’s got a lot of advice,” Arch told People.
“I just wanna be the fun cousin and, you know, talk about anything else. And if he wants advice, I’ll give it to him, but I just wanna be a cousin and friends, and have fun.”
Peyton and Eli are there too if Marshall wants a more formal sounding board. For now, though, this is still about earning more snaps, not picking a school.
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