Eli Manning got his first look at Matt Jones nearly 20 years ago — during Arkansas’ seven-overtime game with Ole Miss.
Manning remembers what he saw that Nov. 3, 2001, night in Oxford, Miss., and it still amazes him.
“It doesn’t look like you’re running that fast,” Manning told Jones on Monday at the Little Rock Touchdown Club. “It doesn’t look like you’re running a 4.4. It looks like you’re running a 4.8 and everybody else is running a 5.8.”
Manning, 40, son of Ole Miss football hero Archie Manning and younger brother to NFL Hall of Famer Peyton Manning, was in his sophomore season with the Rebels the night Jones and the Razorbacks defeated the Rebels 58-56.