Arch Manning has served as Quinn Ewers' understudy for 2 seasons but the time has for come to lead Texas football. Ewers is heading to the NFL draft.

Texas QB Arch Manning and LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier are the early favorites to take home the 2025 Heisman Trophy.

Although the Texas Longhorns were one of the best teams in college football in 2024, their season was constantly plagued with discussions regarding a quarterback battle. The Longhorns ultimately finished the season 13-3,

Quinn Ewers was that guy. He was the No. 1 recruit, the first perfectly graded quarterback in the 247Sports Composite since Vince Young. His initial decommitment from Texas in 2020 as a high school recruit portended the end of the Tom Herman era.

Colt McCoy gave Arch Manning advice on Wednesday after Quinn Ewers declared for the NFL draft, leaving Manning as Texas' likely starter in 2025:

Austin, Texas – Texas junior quarterback Quinn Ewers declared for the NFL draft on Wednesday, ending a Longhorns career in which he led the program to a Big 12 championship and twice to the College Football Playoff but was not always embraced by a fan base eagerly waiting for Arch Manning to take over.

Texas has reached consecutive College Football Playoff semifinals and posted 25 wins over two years. You have to go all the way back to when Colt McCoy was playing quarterback during coach Mack Brown's heyday more than 15 years ago to find a better stretch.

With junior quarterback Quinn Ewers all but out the door, Texas Longhorns fans are seemingly counting down the days until freshman Arch Manning takes over his

Just because the Texas Longhorns failed to advance to the national ... make the College Football Playoff next season, even if they pivot off Quinn Ewers in favor of Arch Manning at quarterback.

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas junior quarterback Quinn Ewers declared for the NFL draft on Wednesday ... and twice to the College Football Playoff but was not always embraced by a fan base eagerly waiting for Arch Manning to take over. Ewers passed for 9,128 ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas junior quarterback Quinn Ewers declared for the NFL draft ... College Football Playoff but was not always embraced by a fan base eagerly waiting for Arch Manning ...

According to NFL Rookie Watch insiders, "Arch ... for the draft. The younger Manning graduated from Isidore Newman High School in 2022, so 2025 would be his third year in college football, meaning ...