

He will continue to take visits and will be in Columbus to see Ohio State this weekend. Sanders, who also throws the shotput and discuss for Baylor's track team, is early in the recruiting process at this time. "They said that I would be a great fit at Ole Miss." "It feels great to be wanted at a historical program, with one of the best coaching staffs," Sanders said. Spending time with multiple Ole Miss coaches, offensive line coach Jake Thornton has been in communication with the young target for some time. The fans were super nice and welcoming, and it was a great atmosphere. It was a great game." "Going to the grove before the game was probably the highlight for me. The Rebels offered back in December 2020. Sanders is more of a tackle recruit, and one of the most coveted in the junior class. "He played there in 1970 with Archie Manning, and his roommate was Joe Burrow’s dad," Sanders said. Ole Miss hosted a bevy of top talent for the win over LSU and Arch Manning wasn't the only legacy recruit in town in the class of 2023.īrycen Sanders, a 6'6", 280-pound offensive lineman out of Chattanooga (Tenn.) Baylor, was on campus for the first time to see where his grandfather once laced them up. Ole Miss signed IMG product Markevious Brown last year. Ole Miss assistant coaches Terrell Buckley and John David Baker were spotted at a high school game between Auburn High School and IMG Academy.

With the timeline pretty firm into next year, Manning won't make a call until all the coaching carousel dust settles beyond December, where he will have a better idea of exactly who he is likely to play for at the next level. It likely won’t play the top schools game most recruits do, at least not publicly. Programs like LSU and SMU have been linked to the junior, too, though his camp has never put out a list of favorites.

Manning has now taken unofficial game visits to Oxford, to which he calls his second home, along with Alabama, Georgia, Texas and now Clemson. Plenty remains to be seen in the most hyped recruitment in recent college football history, one Ole Miss is of course in the thick of. It's a commitment to attend the university and it's not something that he takes lightly." And commitment is something that he's just had. "He's not gonna rush and he's gonna be sure he makes the right choice for himself. "I think he's just really being mature about it," Stewart added. Like he always says, when you know, you'll know."Īs one may expect, the family does not want to have fluctuation with Manning when he does elect to make his decision - hence the desire to take all the time needed to make the right pick. I think for him, it's all about the process of really being thorough and really all about the right fit. "I think he's not going to rush anything. "I think ideally you'd like to maybe get it done by the spring but he's not holding himself to any sort of timetable," Stewart said. The 2023 recruit's head coach at New Orleans (La.) Isidore Newman, Nelson Stewart, connected with Fan Nation sister site All Clemson for more, all but confirming the timeline for the phenom's college commitment. In addition to Howard, the staff is recruiting another elite arm committed elsewhere in USC pledge Devin Brown, who already took his official visit to Oxford.Īrch Manning wrapped up his game visits for the 2021 season over the weekend with a trip to see Clemson defeat Florida State. Lane Kiffin and the Rebels do not have a quarterback recruit verbally committed in the class of 2022. Howard was at Notre Dame in late October for a visit, too. Howard has admitted he wants to be in Baton Rouge when all is said and done, but the coaching change at LSU has him doing some due diligence.
