Former University of Mississippi and New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning will be the keynote speaker at the Little Rock Touchdown Club’s awards banquet Jan. 19 at the Embassy Suites in Little Rock.
Manning, the father of Super Bowl champion quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning, is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. He currently serves as the chairman of the National Football Foundation.
Little Rock Touchdown Club founder David Bazzel made the announcement Monday.
Archie Manning is the second high profile Manning to speak in Little Rock in recent years. Peyton Manning was the keynote speaker at the All Arkansas Preps banquet in June 2013.
Other key football figures to speak at the Touchdown Club’s award banquet include former Arkansas and Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz and Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Irvin.