Tavien St. Clair is Ohio State's Arch Manning
Preparing for the wait and wonder around the Buckeyes' five-star freshman
COLUMBUS — Wait and wonder.
More than the family name, it’s the waiting and the wondering that created the magic of Arch Manning.
As the 6-foot-4, 220-pound No. 1 recruit in the nation from the Class of 2023, his college fanbase would have been curious about him when he arrived on campus (and ravenous to see him start going into his junior year) even if his name was Arch Manndorf.
If humor is tragedy plus time, hype is talent plus time.
It’s the wait plus wonder, layered on top of the talent, that has installed Manning as the Heisman Trophy favorite as the quarterback for the top-ranked Texas Longhorns.
And it’s the wait plus wonder, layered on top of the talent, that could make Tavien St. Clair the Ohio State version of Arch Manning.
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