Arch Manning will once again be the Texans’ backup for the 2024 season, but even though he was able to use the transfer portal to find another program, his uncle Eli Manning doesn’t think transferring is the best plan. I don’t think it is.
in CBS Sports Radio Interview Manning, who came from Las Vegas ahead of the 2024 Super Bowl, is a team that most quarterbacks (including a future Giants signalman when he attended Ole Miss) redshirt for a year and immediately He recalled how he entered university knowing that he still had three more games to play, even though he couldn’t play. I have many years left in my qualification.
Quinn Ewers was already head coach Steve Sarkisian’s starter when Arch started at Texas last year, but Ewers opted to delay his jump to the NFL for another season and Sarkisian was in the quarterback competition. It has already been made clear that it will not take place.
“Obviously the plan is for Ewers to go to the NFL,” Eli Manning said. “But he’s there. This is another year for Arch to grow, learn the offense, get bigger and stronger in the weight room and always be ready to play. You never know what will happen.” No. He should be ready. Even if he isn’t, he could get some playing time here and there and get three more years of eligibility at a great school, and a great football program that is growing. I can.
“The fact that it’s so easy to transfer now doesn’t mean you should just because you can’t play right away.”
Arch could enter the transfer portal during a 15-day window at the end of April.
In addition to kneeling on the final snap of the Big 12 Championship Game, Arch also appeared during the Longhorns’ win over Texas Tech on Nov. 24. That time, he came on in the third quarter of a rout and completed 2 of 5 of 30 passes. yard.
Since his playing time is limited, Arch could count it as a redshirt season.
He emerged as the Longhorns’ third-string quarterback in 2023 behind Ewers and Malik Murphy, but Arch moved up the depth chart with Murphy’s transfer to Duke after the season.
Arch also told reporters ahead of the College Football Playoff semifinals that he is not considering transferring and still hopes to grow and eventually play at Texas.
Arch admitted his first year with the Longhorns was different.
During his time at Isidore Newman High School in New Orleans, he never backed up anyone.
“There were a lot of tough days,” Arch told reporters in December. “I’m not going to lie.”
Ewers’ chances of becoming the Longhorns’ starter in 2024 are now in doubt after he announced his decision to return next season and confirmed that the scenario reported by ESPN is likely to come true.
Sarkisian then said Wednesday that Ewers, who had 3,479 passing yards, 22 touchdowns and six interceptions in two college seasons, is a quarterback who is not a “finished product” and is one of the frontrunners in the 2025 NFL Draft. He pointed out that. It will help Texas get through the schedule in its first year in the Big Ten.
“He chose Texas because that’s where he wanted to be,” Eli Manning said of Arch. “That’s where he wants to play football. He likes Coach Sarkisian and his offense and what they’re doing.
“…I know he wants to play. He’s itching to get in there. But being patient and continuing to learn also helps a lot.”
