Arch Manning's NFL star grandfather laments hype around Texas quarterback

Arch Manning tore up the precocious schoolhouse shot country and, coupled with his celebrated past name, had heightened expectations arsenic helium joined the Texas Longhorns’ program.

As assemblage shot analysts statement connected what Manning could bring to the Longhorns successful perchance his last twelvemonth successful college, his gramps is lamenting immoderate of the hype that’s been astir the quarterback.

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Michigan Wolverines antiaircraft lineman Damon Payne tips a walk from Texas Longhorns backmost Arch Manning during the archetypal fractional astatine Camping World Stadium successful Orlando, Fla., connected Dec. 31, 2025. (Matt Pendleton/Imagn Images)

"I was benignant of disappointed successful a batch of, conscionable a batch of people," Archie Manning told KXAN-TV of the expectations that his grandson had coming into college. "The full thing. They benignant of crowned Arch earlier helium ever played. And I conscionable didn’t deliberation that was fair. Yeah, it was a small pugnacious start, played a large team, and anyway.

"But I’ve ne'er been much arrogant of anybody successful my beingness with the mode Arch battled done what helium had to spell done past year, and the mode helium played, you know, the past 8 oregon 9 games of the season."

Texas Longhorns backmost Arch Manning rushes for a touchdown against the Michigan Wolverines during the 2nd fractional astatine Camping World Stadium successful Orlando, Fla., connected Dec. 31, 2025. (Matt Pendleton/Imagn Images)

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The buzz is going to turn again with a fewer months near earlier the commencement of the assemblage shot season. Arch Manning is going to beryllium expected to bring the Longhorns to the College Football Playoff and acceptable himself isolated from the different imaginable NFL Draft backmost prospects.

He had 3,163 passing yards and 26 touchdown passes successful 2025.

Texas backmost Arch Manning celebrated a touchdown against Texas A&M during the 2nd fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled successful Austin, Texas, connected Nov. 28, 2025. (Stephen Spillman/AP Photo)

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The Longhorns statesman their 2026 travel against Texas State connected Sept. 5. While it mightiness beryllium a cakewalk, their existent trial comes Sept. 12 against Ohio State astatine home.