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The Arch Manning epoch has begun in Texas.
With Quinn Ewers declaring for the NFL Draft connected Wednesday, Manning is acceptable to get the keys to the Lamborghini for the foreseeable future. He is precise apt to beryllium the starting backmost for astatine slightest the 2025 play and perchance 2026 if helium doesn’t determine to crook pro.
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He is the lad of Cooper Manning, the grandson of erstwhile NFL prima backmost Archie Manning and the nephew of Eli and Peyton Manning. He passed for 939 yards and 9 touchdowns this season. He besides showcased his mobility with 4 rushing touchdowns.
"This offseason, this is simply a clip for him to attack," erstwhile Texas prima Colt McCoy said, via Underdog Fantasy Sports. "To enactment connected immoderate of the things helium knows helium needs to enactment on. He played 3 games. What were immoderate things I wasn't bully at? What were immoderate things I was bully at? How tin I get better? How tin I person a large spring?…
"There's a batch to physique connected if you're looking astatine the entirety of the Texas shot team, but for Arch, there's a large accidental that he's walking into. Don't enactment excessively overmuch unit connected yourself, spell retired determination and beryllium you. Play to your strengths.
"We're each antithetic arsenic quarterbacks, we each person an borderline somehow. And I deliberation if Arch is smart, he'll fig retired 'what's my edge?'"
Manning was mostly utilized successful run-pass enactment packages for the Longhorns, giving defenses a antithetic limb to woody with. He started against Louisiana-Monroe and Mississippi State erstwhile Ewers went down with an injury.
Manning had 258 passing yards, 2 touchdown passes successful a 51-3 triumph against Louisiana-Monroe. He past had 325 passing yards and 2 touchdown passes against Mississippi State successful a 35-13 win. But helium was backmost to the backup relation aft Ewers returned.
The discourtesy wide volition instrumentality a hit. Top receivers Matthew Golden and Isaiah Bond declared for the draught and elder choky extremity Gunnar Helm is finished his eligibility.
Running backmost Jaydon Blue and violative linemen Kelvin Banks Jr. and Cam Williams besides declared for the NFL.
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