Marshall Manning, Peyton Manning’s Son, Debuts As High School Team’s QB

Peyton Manning’s son, Marshall Manning, is the quarterback at Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and he made his debut on ESPN’s high school football kickoff.

With football returning, people across the country are eager for whatever they can get their hands on, and ESPN’s high school kickoff is just for that. Ears will have perked up as the name “Manning” was said across the airwaves.

Marshall completed his first pass of high school on national television to receiver Cornbread Adams.

Peyton has been retired from the NFL for over 10 years now, and his son has just started his high school career at the private college prep school.

Marshall following in his father’s footsteps would surprise no one, as the Mannings have a rich football history. Peyton’s brother, Eli Manning, won two Super Bowls. Their dad, Archie Manning, was also a star college quarterback. He won the SEC Player of the Year award in 1969 while playing for Ole Miss. The Manning family football dynasty doesn’t end there either, as one of the current Heisman favorites is Arch Manning, the son of Peyton and Eli’s brother, Cooper Manning.

Unfortunately for Marshall, no matter how unjust, he has large shoes to fill. The last name Manning comes with great football genes, but also a lot of spotlight. Even though Marshall is only a freshman, he has been hyped up for years just like Arch, and Arch has handled that situation fairly well so far.

He wasn’t the only story of the night, as David Gabriel Georges is Baylor’s running back and arguably one of the best high school running backs in the country. He is the number one running back in Tennessee. He had quite a game, scoring three touchdowns and finishing with 250 yards. Gabriel Georges would have been the headline, if not for how popular the last name Manning is in football.

For the first time in 10 years, we have two different Mannings playing football on ESPN. The dynasty lives on, and we could potentially have two Mannings in the NFL 10 years from now.