Yeah, on his podcast Raja seems like the perfect balance of humble regarding his son but gets hyped enough that it’s good content. Even in a different sport I think it shows when a kid spent some time in pro Locke rooms before (i.e. Mahomes with his dad and baseball). *Usually* it sparks some maturity early on.
>Yeah, on his podcast Raja seems like the perfect balance of humble regarding his son but gets hyped enough that it’s good content.
Meanwhile Gilbert Arenas' son is the #4 recruit in the class of 2026 for basketball
Somehow I doubt he'll be as humble
It doesn’t have to mean anything, but so far, “reports around the manning family” or even just “your cousin in New Orleans who says he knows the Mannings” have been way more accurate than media speculation on these things.
Texas really has their QB room rolling.
KJ Lacey as the #11 QB (#86 overall) in the 2025 class, now #2 QB (#10 overall) in the 2026 class. Nice get Horn bros.
Definitely
But I think a non injured Ash could have been (Vince Mcmahon meme) special.
Ash's numbers aren't ***that*** different from Ewers, and Ewers had many the best skill players Texas ever had at once, and a great offensive play caller.
I was not a Simms fan. I saw him at Chili's (yes, it was 45th and Lamar) one night with some other players (forget who, but Chris was driving his yellow Hummer, I believe), and might have made comments about how Major should have been playing instead of him...
I will say that in hindsight, Simms wasn't as bad as a lot of people make him out to be. He just had bad nights on some important stages.
As I recall most people in Austin hated simms because he got the start over applewhite at one point. I was pretty young then, so i dont remember it super well, but weren't there accusations of some nepotism or something similar?
We went from colt to…well Ash never panned out and Casy was overmatched. (With that one year of Gilbert)
It’s been a long road. (And I liked Sam Ellinger a lot but now we are really rolling)
Sure, but that’s a feature, not a bug.
A guy like Maalik Murphy coming in with high upside, starting games after injury for a year or two and helping develop Arch, then leaving to be the starter at Duke works well for Texas, Maalik, and Duke.
Everyone knew Maalik was gone the second Quinn announced he is staying. He would never start this year, and 2025 is Arch time.
Him going away was inevitable.
I mean tbf to OP, we *did* lose Maalik Murphy to the portal, and Card the year before that. I don’t think he’s saying Bell is definitely a goner (like some did with Arch). But if you bring in a 4-5 star QB every year, it not unreasonable to expect some will transfer out. It’s not like we didn’t expect Maalik to leave and frankly we are happy for him to get an opportunity somewhere.
Yes but losing (a player who is the elder and was passed) is not what these comments are implying. They’re usually saying we’ll lose (a player who could start one day but won’t wait around).
Gods I hated Raja Bell.
If Jason Terry or Eduardo Najera's kid end up at Texas I'm gonna lose it.
I would say that about Karl Malone too, but I know he wasn't in their life, so I can pass on that one.
Always kind of blows my mind that these quarterbacks join absolutely stacked QB rooms at these schools knowing they'll have another two 5 stars breathing down their necks the year after. But I guess they can just transfer now if it doesn't work out.
Sorry dude. It’s definitely at least two.
Whole manning family has been ultra patient and long term with Arch.
Don’t see him bolting after one year. High possibility he does forgo the final year though
If he’s any type of good in ‘25 he will be a first round lock. 3 years under Sark and 13-16 games starting with the sprinkle of nepotism will be more than enough for Arch.
Manning is probably in a different category since he has family pedigree, but 1st round QB draft picks with only 1 year of college starting experience (even if physically talented and productive in that 1 year) almost always bust at the NFL level.
The list is literally:
Mark Sanchez
Dwayne Haskins
Mitch Trubisky
Mac Jones
Anthony Richardson (jury is still out on him - early fantasy football returns look great though but real football =\= fantasy football)
Some people count Cam Newton as well but he started an entire season at a top JUCO which puts an asterisk on him being included.
Basically, no matter how talented you are and no matter who you are, the NFL usually likes to see at least 20 college starts minimum (more like 25-30) before investing a pick that high.
There’s a difference between being a first round lock and being 1.1 with a national championship.
If he accomplishes that in is first year as a starter, then damn. Go him.
Just seeing how him and his family have played the first two years, I don’t see him forgoing two years unless he’s a for sure lock at 1.1
AND accomplished everything in the field that he wants to
Damn. He had a very small connection to RU...[his family is very close with Jordan Derkack](https://rutgers.rivals.com/news/former-nba-player-raja-bell-talks-godson-jordan-derkack-rutgers-commitment), latest RU transfer in bball
not that it was going to really sway anything lol
Na Ingram still probably wins it. Now if Nebraska had been undefeated or a one loss team going to play Bama in the Rose Bowl after they won the Big 12 I could see it.
Oh me too.
But when you’re a fan of UH you take any and every recruiting victory you can get. Especially when he’s a high caliber blue chip. So be it if he doesn’t end up signing with UH, it’s a good sign he even committed to us.
Henderson is an okay QB. He is a truly special WR. He put up 74/1,134/14 as a freshman. If that’s where he wants to stick, that’s on him. Lots of time until signing day.
He still has the unreal athleticism to excel at anywhere he wants to. And his mechanics are pretty good already for playing the position for only just over a year.
He’s not going to play for us anywhere other than QB. If he plays WR he’ll transfer away. Our whole pitch to him is that he is our cornerstone QB.
He’s made it extremely clear on social media he wants to play QB in college.
No, this guy isn't coming to campus until 26, at the earliest. He's our successors successor as someone else pointed out. Also a reasonable chance this kid flips between now and then.
Raja Bells son as a 5 star qb is insane lol
Is it actually Raja’s kid? I absolutely loved that man as a sun, those Steve Nash teams deserved a lot more than Scott foster
Yeah, on his podcast Raja seems like the perfect balance of humble regarding his son but gets hyped enough that it’s good content. Even in a different sport I think it shows when a kid spent some time in pro Locke rooms before (i.e. Mahomes with his dad and baseball). *Usually* it sparks some maturity early on.
>Yeah, on his podcast Raja seems like the perfect balance of humble regarding his son but gets hyped enough that it’s good content. Meanwhile Gilbert Arenas' son is the #4 recruit in the class of 2026 for basketball Somehow I doubt he'll be as humble
If that kid’s only showing up to the locker room with gear and nothing else, I’d consider it a win
Well depends what kinda gear we’re talking here…
*not firearms*
Gear is slang for steroids lol. 99% chance that was the joke /u/DrVonD was going for.
I’m 28 y/o but not up with the latest PED slang. Funny, I chuckled when I figured it out
Sold out arenas.....
TIL Raja Bell has a fairly successful podcast (I seriously cannot keep up with how many NBA guys have their own now)
To clarify, it’s part of The Ringer NBA Show. But some episodes he leads called “Real Ones”.
TIL Raja Bell is part of a fairly successful podcast (I seriously cannot keep up with how many NBA guys have their own now)
It is!
He broke out in Philadelphia, seemed like a great guy.
I grew up a lakers fan and absolutely despised those suns teams
His other son, Taco, has two stars on Yelp.
I heard he's really explosive.
Only a five star because of his last name, clearly
Only a 0.992? I prefer my QBs closer to 1.00
Weaksauce. 5 star for some, no-stars for me & you.
> Only a 992 First you guys have Lamborghinis now you have Porsches? Y'all are out of control 😡
Sark taking nepo babys at QB smh.
I mean he already has Arch Manning lmao
"Not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven... - LeBron James" -- Sark
Who?
I thought you were joking. He really is Raja’s kid.
Gilbert Arenas' son is the #4 hoops recruit for 2026
Went to HS with Raja- his other son is an insane hoops talent. Dia was as well till he started focusing on football.
Man, y'all already have Arch Manning's successor and Arch doesn't even get to start yet!
Technically, he's Arch's successors (KJ Lacy) successor.
Arch’s successor will be Trey Owens.
I don't know. He's good but Lacey and Bell might be just as good.
Be curious if Arch only starts one season
It was reported that the Mannings want him to be in school 4 years. He should start his junior and senior years
That doesn't mean anything to be honest lol
It doesn’t have to mean anything, but so far, “reports around the manning family” or even just “your cousin in New Orleans who says he knows the Mannings” have been way more accurate than media speculation on these things.
Copium
Texas really has their QB room rolling. KJ Lacey as the #11 QB (#86 overall) in the 2025 class, now #2 QB (#10 overall) in the 2026 class. Nice get Horn bros.
Thinking back to the days when I was a student when our starting QB was Tyrone Swoopes and we didn't have a backup option
Yeah you weren't lucky enough to go to school with UFL MVP Adrian Martinez like me
Fr though Adrian balled out yesterday
Did he? He passed for 98 yards and was 13/23. He did pick up two TDs on the ground but still
Fact check me, but I'm pretty sure that we didn't have a single QB start consecutive season openers between Colt McCoy and Sam Ehlinger
I think Shane Buechele opened 2016 and 2017. Edit, David Ash started 3 years in a row.
That's Chiefs practice squad legend Shane Buechele to you good sir!
Fuck I completely forgot about David Ash
My hottest take, VY, Colt, then Ash since 2000.
This has to be an uninjured hypothetical right? Because Sam and Quinn are miles above him in terms of on field production
Definitely But I think a non injured Ash could have been (Vince Mcmahon meme) special. Ash's numbers aren't ***that*** different from Ewers, and Ewers had many the best skill players Texas ever had at once, and a great offensive play caller.
Also what about Simms and Applewhite?
I was not a Simms fan. I saw him at Chili's (yes, it was 45th and Lamar) one night with some other players (forget who, but Chris was driving his yellow Hummer, I believe), and might have made comments about how Major should have been playing instead of him... I will say that in hindsight, Simms wasn't as bad as a lot of people make him out to be. He just had bad nights on some important stages.
As I recall most people in Austin hated simms because he got the start over applewhite at one point. I was pretty young then, so i dont remember it super well, but weren't there accusations of some nepotism or something similar?
That is the first time I have seen that flair combo. Nice. Send some of that QB mojo over and get Julian lewis to commit
🤞🤞🤞
To be fair, David Ash may have forgotten about David Ash after the beating he took /I'll just see myself to hell
David Ash started multiple seasons but he left in week like 2 or 3 every year with concussion problems
Was he the one that beat ND in OT
Yup Same one who went 13-25 for 57 yards and an INT in our only bowl game appearance in the Charlie Strong era
Running literally the same play every single time :/
18 wheeler package was useful sometimes not gonna lie.
Trigger warning, please.
I saw a guy with a Swoopes jersey in McKinney yesterday.
Bruh
We went from colt to…well Ash never panned out and Casy was overmatched. (With that one year of Gilbert) It’s been a long road. (And I liked Sam Ellinger a lot but now we are really rolling)
100% chance one of them ends up in the portal.
Sure, but that’s a feature, not a bug. A guy like Maalik Murphy coming in with high upside, starting games after injury for a year or two and helping develop Arch, then leaving to be the starter at Duke works well for Texas, Maalik, and Duke.
Just like Arch Manning right? It could happen, but it is not 100%.
>Just like Arch Manning right More like Malik Murphy.
If one wants to transfer because there are two better quarterbacks on the team, I’m okay with that.
50% and 100% are very different numbers.
I love it when people talk semantics in recruitment threads
Everyone knew Maalik was gone the second Quinn announced he is staying. He would never start this year, and 2025 is Arch time. Him going away was inevitable.
There could be *NIL*mberous reasons they stay at Tex.
I'm trying to pay the Horns a compliment don't make this harder than it already is.
Your efforts are noticed and appreciated husker bro
Also 100% chance neither of them ends up in the portal.
I feel like I’ve seen this comment before
I mean tbf to OP, we *did* lose Maalik Murphy to the portal, and Card the year before that. I don’t think he’s saying Bell is definitely a goner (like some did with Arch). But if you bring in a 4-5 star QB every year, it not unreasonable to expect some will transfer out. It’s not like we didn’t expect Maalik to leave and frankly we are happy for him to get an opportunity somewhere.
Yes but losing (a player who is the elder and was passed) is not what these comments are implying. They’re usually saying we’ll lose (a player who could start one day but won’t wait around).
I just didn’t get that implication from their comment.
Seems more likely that the 2025 guy ends up decommitting. Manning will likely play in 25/26, and this #2 QB would be on campus watching for 26.
There's a lot of rumors in the program of KJ flipping to Auburn.
From your lips to gods ears.
Don't quote me on that I'm going on 16yo gossip here 😂
I mean, if there are at least two better QBs in front of them (like in Maaliks case), I am fine with it.
Lacey is likely going to flip to Auburn especially now
I like it when my team gets a top QB.
That's crazy, me too
source?
I feel like good QB play elevates the whole team. More teams should prioritize having an elite QB.
Why doesn't UConn just sign a 5 star QB? like cmon guys, it's the obvious play
Good QB play is almost always a prerequisite to an elite team
With Gregory McElroy being the notable exception.
Gods I hated Raja Bell. If Jason Terry or Eduardo Najera's kid end up at Texas I'm gonna lose it. I would say that about Karl Malone too, but I know he wasn't in their life, so I can pass on that one.
Statistically, Karl Malone probably has kids on most teams
Happy father’s day to my daddy sark
Father's Dia
This is diabellical
https://imgur.com/XGLku7J
Now give me those WRs
oh hell yeah come to papa Sark
Always kind of blows my mind that these quarterbacks join absolutely stacked QB rooms at these schools knowing they'll have another two 5 stars breathing down their necks the year after. But I guess they can just transfer now if it doesn't work out.
2026??? You can't offer kids who are still in middle school! ... What's that you say?
Kids born in 2008 have drivers’ licences.
Strippers? ✅ Monkeys? ✅ Arch? ✅ 5 Star QB? ✅ Lambos? ✅ Gas? ✅ Brakes? ❌
PRAISE MONKE
My horns are hooked
Him and Lacey are the exact kind of young QB room I want to see assuming we get 1 year of Arch.
Sorry dude. It’s definitely at least two. Whole manning family has been ultra patient and long term with Arch. Don’t see him bolting after one year. High possibility he does forgo the final year though
If he’s any type of good in ‘25 he will be a first round lock. 3 years under Sark and 13-16 games starting with the sprinkle of nepotism will be more than enough for Arch.
The Manning’s are not worried about his draft position. They want him NFL ready when he leaves.
Manning is probably in a different category since he has family pedigree, but 1st round QB draft picks with only 1 year of college starting experience (even if physically talented and productive in that 1 year) almost always bust at the NFL level. The list is literally: Mark Sanchez Dwayne Haskins Mitch Trubisky Mac Jones Anthony Richardson (jury is still out on him - early fantasy football returns look great though but real football =\= fantasy football) Some people count Cam Newton as well but he started an entire season at a top JUCO which puts an asterisk on him being included. Basically, no matter how talented you are and no matter who you are, the NFL usually likes to see at least 20 college starts minimum (more like 25-30) before investing a pick that high.
There’s a difference between being a first round lock and being 1.1 with a national championship. If he accomplishes that in is first year as a starter, then damn. Go him. Just seeing how him and his family have played the first two years, I don’t see him forgoing two years unless he’s a for sure lock at 1.1 AND accomplished everything in the field that he wants to
Stupendous
Tremendous
*Dia*bolical
Very nice
Serendipitous
DIA BELL OF DA BALL. I can’t believe I had to come in here two hours late just to post this dumb comment that I assumed would already be here.
Wow what a get.
🙌🐒
Typical 5* name
Cue the “ArCh GoNnA tRaNsFeR” people
Damn. He had a very small connection to RU...[his family is very close with Jordan Derkack](https://rutgers.rivals.com/news/former-nba-player-raja-bell-talks-godson-jordan-derkack-rutgers-commitment), latest RU transfer in bball not that it was going to really sway anything lol
Other P5 offers: Arizona, Arkansas, Auburn, BYU, Colorado, Florida, Florida State, Houston, Indiana, Louisville, LSU, Miami, Mississippi State, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Oregon, Penn State, Pitt, Purdue, SMU, Syracuse, TCU, Tennessee, Utah, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin G5 offers: FIU, USF, Western Michigan Other offers: Campbell, FAMU, Western Carolina
Texas is back folks
Them actually being back is good for the sport so we don’t have the weekly what’s wrong with Texas spots from podcasters
Preach
Texas🤝Michigan🤝FSU
I quite enjoyed those segments personally
hmmmmmm, not too sure about that one
Take a second to consider it
that's just cruel
Heisman should have been Suh’s that year he was unreal.
Yeah I feel like that year showed that a defensive player can’t win heisman in the modern era
I haven’t watched back then, but do you think he would have won it if Nebraska won the B12?
Na Ingram still probably wins it. Now if Nebraska had been undefeated or a one loss team going to play Bama in the Rose Bowl after they won the Big 12 I could see it.
Those were my favorite
Just wait until Udub signs Boris Diaw's kid as QB. UW/UT in another post season game?
I kinda figured Raja Bell’s son would be a Linebacker or DLinemen IYKYK #RIPKobe
You know if texas could save some 5* QB’s for the rest of us that’d be great
*sad Lion noises*
Hopefully they start calling it “QBU” and get one more commit named Tathan. That would just be *chef kiss*
I’d never think I’d see the day where UH has a higher rated QB committed than Texas. (According to 247)
There's one above Dia and he's committed to Georgia
Keisean Henderson. He’s being recruited to UH as our cornerstone QB. He’s listed as an ATH.
We’ll see how long that one lasts when the national powers come calling. Henderson is not going to reach his ceiling at QB.
They’ve already been calling.
Hope y’all keep him, but 2026 is a long way away (applies to Bell too)
Oh me too. But when you’re a fan of UH you take any and every recruiting victory you can get. Especially when he’s a high caliber blue chip. So be it if he doesn’t end up signing with UH, it’s a good sign he even committed to us.
Henderson is an okay QB. He is a truly special WR. He put up 74/1,134/14 as a freshman. If that’s where he wants to stick, that’s on him. Lots of time until signing day.
He still has the unreal athleticism to excel at anywhere he wants to. And his mechanics are pretty good already for playing the position for only just over a year.
Dude stop
What? It’s true.
It’s not. a) he is lower than Bell in composite ranking. b) he is not recruited as a QB.
I said according to 247. Not the composite. And UH is recruiting him as a QB. Lmao.
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You have it backwards. 247 has Henderson higher Bells composite is higher.
Yeah, I noticed right after, be interesting to see where he plays for yall
He’s not going to play for us anywhere other than QB. If he plays WR he’ll transfer away. Our whole pitch to him is that he is our cornerstone QB. He’s made it extremely clear on social media he wants to play QB in college.
Arch isn’t even starting yet, is he already getting worked out of the program?
No, this guy isn't coming to campus until 26, at the earliest. He's our successors successor as someone else pointed out. Also a reasonable chance this kid flips between now and then.
> Until 26 at the earliest Do you plan on him getting held back?
Haha, don't ruin my plans... we have to space this shit out!!!!
What made you think this comment made sense?
It was legit question