Arch Manning is now “the man” in Texas after two seasons of performing because the backup quarterback to Quinn Ewers.
The expectations are excessive for Manning, and never simply due to his final identify and the star quarterbacks which have come out of his household. Take into account, his uncles are Peyton Manning and Eli Manning and his grandfather is known school soccer quarterback Archie Manning.
If he was a Manning however was a two-star recruit popping out of highschool, the hype would not have been nice for him. The actual fact of the matter, although, is that Archie Manning was a five-star recruit and the consensus No. 1 overall player in the 2023 class.
He is additionally flashed moments of brilliance as a backup to Ewers over the previous two seasons. So yeah, the expectations are sky-high for Archie Manning heading into 2025. Excessive sufficient that there is a actual thought he needs to be a Heisman Trophy contender and that is not even to say Texas’ expectations because it pertains to successful the Faculty Soccer Playoff.
One notable school soccer analyst, former championship-winning head coach City Meyer, is not but bought on the up-and-coming Manning, although.
The query I’ve is: Will Arch Manning reside as much as the hype? I feel it’s up within the air. I actually do,” Meyer recently said on “The Triple Possibility” podcast (h/t On3).
Meyer believes that a few of whether or not or not Archie Manning will succeed at Texas has to do with the folks round him.
“Each nice quarterback has one thing in frequent and [that’s] nice gamers round him. I’m certain they do. I simply don’t know sufficient about them proper now,” Meyer defined.
Meyer additionally desires to see how Archie Manning can deal with being the undisputed chief of the Longhorns. He is been in Ewers’ shadow for the previous two years, nevertheless it’s his present in Austin now.
“The strain on that participant to be what he’s alleged to be at that college, and from what I’ve seen, he’s a superb participant. I’ve not seen that at this stage but,” Meyer defined.
Final season, Archie Manning appeared in 10 video games for Texas, largely in a backup function. He threw for 939 yards and 9 touchdowns with two interceptions in his appearances whereas additionally speeding for 4 touchdowns.
