EXCLUSIVE BOMBSHELL: Report Reveals Shocking Reasons Arch Manning Will Hold Off on Entering the 2026 NFL Draft
Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning is already one of the most highly-touted quarterbacks in the NCAA, but his move to the NFL in 2026 is not guaranteed.
With Quinn Ewers declaring for the 2025 NFL Draft, Manning will finally take over as the starting quarterback in Texas. Manning made two starts last season in place of an injured Ewers and played in 10 games, throwing for 939 yards, nine touchdowns and just two interceptions.
You’ve probably come across several social media posts from fans wanting their team to “tank” for Arch Manning in 2025. But ESPN’s Adam Schefter warns us to hold our horses on the “Tank for Arch” campaign.
Speaking on ESPN’s “Get Up” show, Schefter reported that Manning may choose to return for another year of college in 2025, citing the money he could make in NIL (name, image, likeness) deals:
First of all, there’s no guarantees that Arch Manning’s coming out after next year. It sounds like he certainly could be staying beyond next year. I’m not a college football insider, but none of the Mannings ever went out early, and I don’t know with NIL money being what it is why Arch would do that. So, all of this conversation about ‘tanking for Arch next year,’ he could be in the draft in 2027, not even next year.”
Regardless, it’s a little too early to wonder what Arch might do. If he has an off-the-charts season and puts himself in a position to be the top quarterback taken in the 2026 NFL Draft, he may keep it simple and declare anyway.
Arch is the son of Cooper Manning, the oldest of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning’s three sons. Cooper’s younger brothers, Eli and Peyton Manning, were first overall picks who both went on to win two Super Bowl championships.
Cooper was a promising wide receiver prospect out of high school who committed to Ole Miss, but he had to retire prematurely because of spinal stenosis. With Arch inheriting his dad’s athletic genes, it’s only a matter of time until the Manning NFL family stretches to three generations.
