If anyone can relate to what Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning will experience next season, it’s former Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel. Like Manning,

Smith and Manning are among the rising superstars who not only helped their teams get to the 2024 postseason but also figure to define the race to the 2025 national championship. They will be household names next fall as two of the biggest figures in the entire sport.

Texas junior quarterback Quinn Ewers has declared for the NFL draft, 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.

After falling short in the CFP for the second consecutive season, what’s next for the Longhorns as they look to get over the hump.

Following the news from EA Sports, some fans took to social media to share their thoughts on whether Manning should be on the cover of the 2026 installment of the popular game.

Texas QB Arch Manning is expected to uphold the Longhorns' newly-established standard during his first college football season as the unquestioned starter in Austin.

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.

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.

But Manning has done everything his way through his recruitment and since he got to Texas. And now, finally, with Ewers announcing for the NFL Draft on Wednesday, the keys are in Manning’s hands to run the Longhorns’ offense. He’s being handed a Lamborghini and Manning should make it purr.

The long-awaited news has come, Texas Longhorns starting quarterback Quinn Ewers officially announced his intentions to enter the upcoming NFL Draft. This not

Texas QB Arch Manning is expected to get the Longhorns back into the College Football Playoff next year, and more, regardless of who's around him in Austin.