Steve Sarkisian went “all-in” to land Arch Manning.

That’s according to Nelson Stewart, Manning’s coach at Isidore Newman in New Orleans, where the quarterback is a rising senior.

Stewart credited Sarkisian, who became coach at Texas in early 2021, with maintaining frequent communication over the past couple years, and quarterback coach AJ Milwee for forming a robust relationship with the quarterback.

Every football coach in America would have walked from where they live to Cafe du Monde to land the young Manning, but Texas beat out Alabama, Georgia and a few other primary contenders in the end.

The reality is Manning could have made a mint wherever he went, but from the outside Texas would seem to have the capacity to produce the biggest NIL deals in the aggregate