Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning’s disappointing begin to the college football season doesn’t seem to have dimmed his potential NFL prospects. Nevertheless, it does sound like they might be on maintain for a time period.
ESPN’s Pete Thamel surveyed a bunch of 25 NFL scouts and executives, and just one named Manning as the highest quarterback within the 2026 NFL Draft class. The most important purpose for that’s most count on Manning to stay with the Longhorns and focus as a substitute on popping out for the 2027 draft.
“He’s very proficient,” one scout told Thamel. “Simply from top-to-bottom, arm expertise. Simply understanding within the pocket and seeing the sector and feeling the sector. You see his arm energy. He simply must get the whole lot beneath management and for the sport to decelerate.”
Manning’s poor begin to the 2025 season with the Texas Longhorns has solely additional satisfied evaluators that the sophomore quarterback will doubtless want one other season in school. This may have been the most likely outcome even earlier than the gradual begin.
South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers was the consensus alternative as the highest quarterback as issues stand, forward of LSU’s Garrett Nussmeier. Miami’s Carson Beck and Oklahoma’s John Mateer are additionally within the dialog.
Manning has accomplished simply 55.3 p.c of his passes this season, with six touchdowns and three interceptions by means of three video games. The Texas offense has been poor sufficient on his watch that Longhorns followers have actually booed him lately. That could be a far cry from what was anticipated of Manning, who was seen as a Heisman Trophy contender earlier than the season started.
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