With Quinn Ewers and the Texas Longhorns blowing out Colorado State of their opening sport of the season, head coach Steve Sarkisian determined to present sophomore quarterback Arch Manning a while below middle.
Manning, the nephew of NFL legends Peyton and Eli Manning, did not disappoint in his first snaps of the brand new yr.
Manning was 5-for-6 for 95 yards with a landing move, the primary of his faculty profession, because the Longhorns demolished the Rams, 52-0, to start the season on the appropriate foot.
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Arch Manning of the Texas Longhorns throws a move earlier than a sport towards the Colorado State Rams at Darrell Okay Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium Aug. 2024, in Austin, Texas. (Tim Warner/Getty Photographs)
However Manning did not simply discover the tip zone by way of the air. He ran for his first dashing landing.
With the rating 38-0 late within the third quarter, Manning was main the Longhorns’ offense on third-and-goal from the 5-yard line when he took the snap. As he surveyed the sector, he stepped up within the pocket and seemed like he was going to attempt to run it in for the rating himself.
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Nonetheless, as he bounced out proper, he observed Silas Bolden on their lonesome close to the appropriate sideline. Manning dished a shovel move Bolden’s method. After making the catch, Bolden dove into the tip zone for the rating.
Then Manning discovered himself on the 1-yard line on fourth-and-goal within the fourth quarter when he took a quarterback sneak proper up the intestine for a landing, Texas’ closing rating of the day.
Manning was fast to rejoice together with his teammates, and the ESPN broadcast had photographs of Texas followers within the stands cheering. A few of the followers have been holding up banners with Manning’s scholar ID on it. He infamously misplaced his ID on campus throughout his freshman yr, and it went viral on social media.
Manning, the five-star recruit out of Isidore Newman College in New Orleans, the identical college his father, Cooper Manning, and uncles starred at, noticed time in simply two Longhorns video games final season with Ewers because the workforce’s starter.
Arch Manning of the Texas Longhorns arrives earlier than a sport towards the Colorado State Rams at Darrell Okay Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium Aug. 31, 2024, in Austin, Texas. (Tim Warner/Getty Photographs)
Ewers stays the starter for head coach Steve Sarkisian after opting to return after a Faculty Soccer Playoff loss to Washington, and he was productive within the win Saturday, going 20-for-27 for 260 yards with three touchdowns and one interception.
Manning was the Longhorns’ third quarterback on the depth chart final season, however with Maalik Murphy transferring to Duke, he now backs up Ewers.
Ewers will stay Texas’ starter, however with performances like this, Manning ought to get extra alternatives in blowout conditions this season.
Manning will not be beginning, however many faculty soccer followers are anticipating the time he can begin below middle for Texas. Many believed he’d depart for an additional college by way of the switch portal.
Arch Manning of the Texas Longhorns throws a move earlier than a sport towards the Colorado State Rams at Darrell Okay Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium Aug. 31, 2024, in Austin, Texas. (Tim Warner/Getty Photographs)
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For the time being, Manning is in line to start out for Texas subsequent season with Ewers anticipated to depart for the NFL after this yr.
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