Peyton Manning
As Arch Manning recruiting heats up, a look at how Peyton Manning picked Tennessee
Blake Toppmeyer
USA TODAY NETWORK
Peyton Manning answered Bobby Petrino’s phone call at 11:05 a.m. on Aug. 15, 1993.
Petrino, who was then Arizona State’s quarterbacks coach, became the first college coach to chat that Sunday with Manning, one of the nation’s most coveted recruits entering his senior season at Isidore Newman School in New Orleans. Petrino and Manning talked for seven minutes.