Matt Corral discusses relationship with Manning family, meeting with Giants

The New York Giants won 2 Super Bowls with a former Ole Miss quarterback. Some wonder if the franchise might look toward Oxford and draft a former Rebel QB in 2022.

At the NFL Scouting Combine, Matt Corral was asked if he has met with the Giants. The club drafted quarterback Daniel Jones with the No. 6 pick in 2019, but it appears they are giving Corral a look.

“Yeah, I had an informal with the Giants yesterday, just talking Xs and Os, them trying to see how much knowledge I have of it,” Corral said during his media availability. “It went really well, I think.”

From there, Corral focused on the other part of the reporter’s question about his relationship the Manning family. Corral mentioned Eli, Cooper and the most talked-about recruit in college football, Arch Manning.

“My relationship with Eli, I actually hung out with his family quite a bit, towards the beginning of my career at Ole Miss and toward the end when Arch was visiting and all that,” Corral said. “I was a big part of that, just being around and being around the family, being around Cooper a lot, honestly. The time I had with them that the school recorded us, that was kind of a surprise. I had no idea he was going to be there, so that took me by surprise. It was just really cool to be around a legend like that.”

Mississippi QB Matt Corral, a Long Beach Poly product. Here’s what he said about his relationship with the Mannings #NFLCombine pic.twitter.com/cxldZIh9Lj

— Gilbert Manzano (@GManzano24) March 2, 2022

Corral is also plenty familiar with the Manning family as a Manning Passing Academy alum.

Matt Corral and I getting ready to coach them up at the MPA today. How about this kid in the background with no shirt photobombing my picture. pic.twitter.com/1lFPWqDgo9

— Eli Manning (@EliManning) July 16, 2021

We’re a couple of months away from finding out where Corral lands in the NFL, and likely even further out from learning Arch Manning’s college destination. We’ll see how things play out.

Andrew Olson

Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.