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.

Arch Manning's long journey to becoming the starting quarterback for the Texas Longhorns is almost complete. The grandson of legendary college quarterback Archie Manning and nephew of NFL icons Peyton Manning and Eli Manning has spent the last two seasons as a backup to starter Quinn Ewers.

Texas Longhorns star quarterback Arch Manning will get the keys to the Lamborghini after Quinn Ewers declared for the NFL Draft earlier this week.

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.

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 ...

With Quinn Ewers, a three-year starter, announcing his decision to enter the NFL Draft ... of Archie Manning and nephew to Peyton and Eli Manning, Arch brings an impressive football pedigree.

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 ...

Ewers, a three-year starter, was expected to turn pro after leading the Longhorns to consecutive playoff appearances.