Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning has been under pressure since day one in Austin.
That’s just what comes along with the last name of Manning, and you have to imagine the young quarterback from New Orleans, Louisiana, is used to it.
After all, his uncles are NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning and two-time Super Bowl champion and Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning. His grandfather is Archie Manning, a quarterback who was selected No. 2 overall in the 1971 NFL Draft after having an All-American college football career with the Ole Miss Rebels.
The Mannings are football royalty, and Arch came to Texas as the consensus No. 1 overall recruit in the 2023 cycle, to boot.
It’s no wonder his first few seasons at Texas have been a bit up and down. Sometimes he’s looked like a future No. 1 overall pick. At other times, he’s looked like this:
