Texas Star Arch Manning Calls Staying With Longhorns 'a No-brainer' Despite Transfer Speculation

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Arch Manning was a immense tie astatine SEC Media Days past season, but now that he’s officially nan starting backmost for nan Texas Longhorns, nan attraction was moreover greater connected Tuesday. 

However, this is what Manning wanted, astatine slightest successful position of wherever he’s playing football. 

The nephew of Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning, arsenic good arsenic nan grandson of New Orleans Saints fable Archie Manning, explained really transferring retired of nan Longhorns programme was ne'er a thought process for him. 

"I deliberation nan main point was I wanted to beryllium astatine nan University of Texas," Manning said, via On3 Sports. "There’s obscurity other I wanted to be, whether it was nan schoolhouse itself, Austin, my friends, nan shot program. So, arsenic agelong arsenic I was continuing to get amended astatine shot and for illustration wherever I was at, it was a no-brainer for maine to stay."

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Arch Manning looks connected astatine SEC Media Day

Texas backmost Arch Manning is surrounded by nan media arsenic he participates successful SEC Media Days astatine nan College Football Hall of Fame successful Atlanta. (IMAGN)

When Quinn Ewers returned for nan 2024 assemblage shot play alternatively of entering nan NFL Draft, it was speculated that Manning would caput elsewhere truthful he could start. 

Instead, he stayed put to backmost up Ewers erstwhile more, and he was needed for 10 games this play owed to his teammate getting injured. 

PEYTON MANNING SAYS NEPHEW ARCH HAS 'SWAGGER' FROM HIS FATHER, ATHLETIC ABILITIES THAT 'SKIPPED A GENERATION'

Manning threw for 939 yards pinch 9 passing touchdowns and 2 interceptions complete that span, completing 67.8% of his passes. 

He besides showed disconnected immoderate wheels erstwhile he had to tuck and run, rushing for 108 yards connected 25 carries pinch 4 touchdowns arsenic well. 

Now, Manning knows he has nan keys to caput coach Steve Sarkisian’s offense, and it’s clip to showcase what he tin really do erstwhile he’s starting connected a accordant basis. 

Arch Manning throws

Texas Longhorns backmost Arch Manning, #16, warms up earlier nan Peach Bowl astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium successful Atlanta connected Jan. 1, 2025. (Brett Davis-Imagn Images)

The hype astir Manning is thing new, though. Coming up arsenic a apical imaginable astatine Isidore Newman School, nan aforesaid arsenic his begetter Cooper and his uncles, Manning has dealt pinch nan nationalist spotlight, and successful turn, nan comparisons to his family members. 

Peyton precocious said connected "The Pat McAfee Show" astir his nephew, wherever he said that himself and Eli are surely resources for him. However, he knows Arch wants to make a sanction for himself, and his begetter has done a awesome occupation helping him get to this constituent arsenic well. 

"You cognize Pat, Eli and I are his uncles," Peyton said to McAfee. "We effort to beryllium location arsenic a assets for him, but Cooper has done a awesome occupation pinch Arch, and they’ve handled each nan different things that person benignant of travel their measurement successful nan correct way. I’m excited to watch Arch play. He’s been very patient. I thought he threw nan shot really good astatine nan camp."

Peyton besides touched connected really he liked seeing his nephew enactment astatine Texas and study complete nan past 2 seasons. 

Arch Manning looks connected astatine media

Texas Longhorns backmost Arch Manning answers questions from nan media during SEC Media Days astatine nan Omni Atlanta Hotel. (Jordan Godfree-Imagn Images)

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"He’s been patient," Peyton explained. "It’s been well-documented, he’s been location 2 years. I’m specified a believer successful mastering nan strategy that you’re in. When you person caller coordinators each azygous twelvemonth successful nan NFL and college, that’s conscionable frustrating to me. I was lucky. … The truth that Sarkisian calls nan plays and Arch has been location for 2 years already and is going to cognize nan system, that’s going to beryllium a immense advantage for him. 

"I’m looking guardant to seeing him get retired connected nan field. He’s worked existent hard. I emotion seeing him spell to that campy for his teammates. That’s being a bully teammate. That’s being a bully wingman. I’m excited to get down location and watch a fewer games successful Austin."

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Scott Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.

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