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It’s been just a few years for Arc manning was undoubtedly the recruit of the most sought -after high school in the country. He decided from Austin, home of Texas Longhorns.
When Quinn Ewers was selected in the seventh round of the NFL recovery, he opened the door to Manning to become the quarter-arier starting from Texas.
While Manning has shown flashes during his limited playing time in the last two seasons, the former university football coach Steve Spurrier does not seem ready to buy the media threw surrounding the young quarter.
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Coach Steve Steve Spurrier des Gamecocks de Caroline du Sud leaves the field before the Bowl Capital One against Wisconsin badgers on January 1, 2014, in Orlando, Florida. (Scott Halleran / Getty Images)
Spurrier, which led to Florida Gators in a national championship in 1996, asked why the Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian has chosen to start Ewers in the past two seasons considering Manning’s highly discussed potential.
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“Most people choose Texas to win the dry in football,” said spurrier during a recent appearance on the podcast of “Another Dooley noted”. “They also have Arch Manning who already wins the Heisman. My question is, if he was so good, how is it that they let Quinn Ewers play all the time last year? Was it a choice of seventh round?
The Quarts Quinn Ewers (3) and Arch Manning (16) speak during the first football practice in Texas Longhorns in 2023 at the Frank Denius Fields at the University of Texas at the Austin campus on March 6, 2023. (Aaron E. Martinez / American-Statesman / USA TODAY)
“You just have to ask the coach Sark, how you played this one instead of it,” continued Spurrier. “I hope he will say:” Because we thought he was better than that. “Isn’t that why you play a guy and not the other?
Arch Manning of Texas Longhorns warms up before a match against Wyoming Cowboys at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on September 16, 2023, in Austin, Texas. (Images Tim Warner / Getty)
During Manning’s time on the bench, he faced questions to find out if he would leave Texas for another program that would give him the opportunity to play immediately.
“It was difficult. I mean, it is difficult at this age,” noted Manning, 19, when he spoke to the media in April the expectation of his turn, according to The Athletic. “Sometimes it’s worth waiting.”
Manning doubled his commitment to Longhorns and said he hoped to stay in Austin in the foreseeable future.
“But I hope it will pay. There is nowhere else that I want to be,” said Manning. “I want to be in Texas. I have friends here. I love this place. So I want to be the quarter of the University of Texas.”
Manning appeared in 10 games last season, two of whom he started in the place of an injured ewers. He finished the 2024 season with 939 yards by the pass, nine affected and two interceptions. Manning has also shown its athletics, rushing out of 108 yards and four affected.
Texas defeated Clemson in the first round of the university football playoffs before an excited victory in overtime against Arizona State in the quarterfinals. The possible national champion of the Ohio State Buckeyes eliminated the Longhorns of the affirmations in the playoffs in January.
Texas opens the 2025 season against Buckeyes in Columbus on August 30.
