Texas Longhorns Quarterback Arc Has the privilege of coming out of one of the most respected families in football, but he also had to pay his rights on the way.
The 19-year-old phenomenon, which will finally take over as a starter in the 2025 season, said he was bullied by his famous uncles, Peyton and EliAnd they even gave him wedgies.
“In the past, Eli and Peyton gave me a little, so it was good, gave wedgies and things like that,” Arch said on Thursday during an interview with ESPN. “You just have to make the younger man difficult. My brother and I, we went through it a bit, it was good.”
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Texas Longhorns Quarterback Arch Manning, #16, throws a touchdown pass in the second half against the Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners in Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. (Scott Wachter-Imagement Images)
As the cousin of Peyton and Eli, and the son of their brother Cooper, it is expected that Arch will continue the famous Manning -Mantel in the NFL. This also makes the burden of wearing the Manning Family Mantel of bullying of brothers and sisters, including wedgies.
Peyton shared a story about how Eli gave him a wedgie during a broadcast, during a segment on ESPNs “Manningcast” in December 2022.
“I tried to take a nap, and I lay in a corner bed and he came behind me, he let me use a bit in the wall and he gave me a wedgie, he almost went atomair with it,” Peyton said.
Eli stood on it: “It was atomic.” An atomic wedgie is classified as one in which the underwear of a person is pulled over the victim’s head or higher.
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Arch Manning #16 of the Texas Longhorns arrives prior to the match against the Colorado State Rams in Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on 31 August 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Tim Warner/Getty images)
“I was about to sleep, I was in fact so angry because the nap was interrupted, but the atomic salary was like an extra bonus,” Peyton continued. “He was so proud, we almost threw down, but I was in pain and I couldn’t fight well.”
Eli added that he tore Peyton’s favorite underwear in the incident.
In the meantime, on several occasions, Eli has described the hard treatment that Peyton taught him when the two brothers grew up in Louisiana.
Before Eli played in Super Bowl XLVI in early 2012, Eli shared the story of how Peyton would pin him to the ground and give him intense football trivia challenges.
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New York Giants Former Quarterback Eli Manning on the field for a match against the Cincinnati Bengals at Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on October 13, 2024. (Brad Penner-Imagnen Images)
“I probably have quite a bit of them, but to limit it to one – his most popular movement, he would pin me and take his knuckles and knock on my chest and be called the 12 schools in the sec (SouthEasters Conference). Eli told reporters.
“Once I had come up with it, he continued. At that time there were 28 teams in the NFL, so all the teams in the NFL. I had to study for that. Got was the 10 brands of cigarettes. When he really wanted me torture and I never had to get it, then I just started to save me, or perhaps Cooper.
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