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- Where did Arch Manning go to high school?
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- What NFL players went to Isidore Newman?
Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning has had a disappointing start to his 2025 season. Through five games, he's completed just 60 percent of his passes with 1,151 yards, 11 touchdowns and five interceptions.
Coming out of high school, Manning was rated as the No.1 overall quarterback from the class of 2023. He played high school football at Isidore Newman in New Orleans, Louisiana.
With Manning's struggles, let's take a look back at his high school career, including stats, other NFL players who went there and more.
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Where did Arch Manning go to high school?
Arch Manning went to Isidore Newman, which is a college prep school located in New Orleans. The school is quite small, listed as having an enrollment of over 1,200 students from grades pre-K-12.
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Arch Manning high school stats
Here's a look at Arch Manning's high school stats, via MaxPreps. As you can see, his best season passing came as a freshman in 2019, throwing for 2,509 yards with 34 touchdowns and six interceptions. He rushed for a career-high 356 yards with six touchdowns in 2021.
| Team | Year | Att | Yds | Comp% | TD | Int | QB Rate | Rush Yds | Rush TDs |
| Var | 2022-2023 | 229 | 2,270 | 61.1 | 34 | 2 | 130.3 | 81 | 1 |
| Var | 2021-2022 | 231 | 1,841 | 64.5 | 26 | 4 | 119.3 | 356 | 6 |
| Var | 2020-2021 | 220 | 1,919 | 67.7 | 21 | 7 | 113.4 | 224 | 8 |
| Var | 2019-2020 | 316 | 2,509 | 64.6 | 34 | 6 | 116.9 | 87 | 4 |
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Arch Manning high school highlights
As Arch Manning's struggles have been in the national spotlight, there have been rumblings on social media about some of his high school tape. Some of the highlights that have circulated makes it seem as if Manning wasn't playing the best competition.
See for yourself:
For anyone wondering why Arch Manning struggled yesterday, this was his competition in high school: pic.twitter.com/r84qCDSKRG
— College Sports Only (@CSOonX) August 31, 2025Arch manning was playing 2a in high school and got moved into heisman conversations after playing 4 quarters of college football off his last name being manning pic.twitter.com/Rd6CQhJ0Lc
— John (@iam_johnw) August 30, 2025Manning did not attend any of the recruiting camps like Elite 11 or Under Armour All-American. So his high school tape and recruiting ranking is what most fans have to go off of, as far as his high school football career.
But there are some decent clips of Manning from high school, like these:
High school football is back 🔥 who remembers Arch Manning making elite throws on ESPN 🎥 pic.twitter.com/Obd44AgI3L
— League Ready (@LeagueRDY) August 22, 2024Arch Manning in High School dropping dimes 🎯 pic.twitter.com/7mA0MHzanX
— Football’s Greatest Moments (@FBGreatMoments) May 26, 2025Arch Manning was INSANE in High School 🔥 pic.twitter.com/J5KzZotqvT
— Football’s Greatest Moments (@FBGreatMoments) December 24, 2024MORE: Big Ten projections, predictions for rest of 2025 season: Will 4 teams make the CFP?
Isidore Newman record with Arch Manning
Over his four seasons at Newman, Manning compiled a 33-6 overall record and led his team to a district championship in 2020. They made the playoffs in each of his four seasons.
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Level of competition questions
According to the most recent LHSAA district alignments, Newman plays in 2A, in district 10 in New Orleans. The LHSAA goes all the way up to Class 5A, so Newman plays in the second-to-lowest tier in the state.
Some of Louisiana's best high school football teams like Edna Kerr, Ruston, John Curtis and St. Augustine all play at the 5A level.
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What NFL players went to Isidore Newman?
Arch Manning going to Isidore isn't too much of a surprise. He was born in New Orleans, and Isidore is where his uncles Peyton and Eli also went.
Isidore also produced the likes of former LSU and NFL star receiver Odell Beckham Jr., as well as former Giants receiver Omar Douglas.
Peyton Manning high school stats
According to the Knoxville News-Sentinel, in his three-year high school career, Peyton Manning passed for 7,207 yards and 92 touchdowns. He ran for 13 more. He led Newman to a 34-5 record and into the playoffs all three years.
Eli Manning high school stats
According to an archived ESPN article from 2012, Manning threw for 7,421 yards with over 80 touchdowns at Newman.
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