I quit following recruiting years ago, but I read an article by a so-called recruiting "expert" Mike Farrell about Arch Manning being a 5-star. He said it's about his name, if it was Arch Smith, he would be a high3-star. Reason being was his competition he played against wasn't all that good, he has several QB's rated much higher.

I have no clue, but I do know the Manning name has much pull and much over hyped publicity. I guess time will tell.