Five-star freshman quarterback Arch Manning was not expected to see much action this year as he sat behind returning Texas Longhorns starting quarterback Quinn Ewers. But this week, something changed that puts Manning one step closer to making his much-anticipated debut with the team.
According to a report from college football insider Pete Thamel of ESPN, Texas Longhorns starting quarterback Quinn Ewers suffered an injury this weekend that will cause him to “miss some time.”
Sources: Texas QB Quinn Ewers has a grade 2 AC joint sprain in his right (throwing) shoulder and is expected to miss some time, an MRI revealed on Sunday. The injury is not season ending, as @anwarrichardson reported earlier. A more finite timetable should emerge this week,” Thamel said in a post on X, the social media website that was formerly known as Twitter.
Sources: Texas QB Quinn Ewers has a grade 2 AC joint sprain in his right (throwing) shoulder and is expected to miss some time, an MRI revealed on Sunday. The injury is not season ending, as @anwarrichardson reported earlier. A more finite timetable should emerge this week.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) October 23, 2023
Obviously, if Ewers is unable to play, that means that Texas will have to turn to a different quarterback this week against the BYU Cougars. That potentially opens the door for Manning to play the first snaps of his college football career, and the CFB world had a lot to say about it.
No Ewers for Texas this week at QB. It’ll be RS fresh Maalik Murphy or true fresh Arch Manning (yep that Manning). BYU’s D takes a lot of criticism for their performance vs backups. Forgive me but I’m more concerned about the BYU O. I think BYU puts up a fight this week though. https://t.co/GpYgufUCeb
— Zac (@OchoZaco) October 23, 2023
Texas will learn more today about the severity of Quinn Ewers shoulder injury.
Here's Sark on potentially moving forward with Maalik Murphy and Arch Manning at quarterback.
"Both those guys… they have really put in a lot of work to play good football for us." #HookEm pic.twitter.com/YT64kWqw5J
— Jeff Barker (@JeffBarker_) October 22, 2023
There’s no way Arch Manning now leads Texas to the national title, right?!? There’s just no way… right?!? https://t.co/7lSE9JXYL3
— Ryan Kostecka (@Ryan_Kostecka) October 23, 2023
I called this situation earlier. What happens if Malik Murphy comes in and absolutely kills it? Does Ewers get the job back? More importantly, do you ditch a proven Murphy next year for Manning? https://t.co/O6ItGZitOp
— Holmes (@levitationholms) October 23, 2023
BYU vs Arch Manning next week? https://t.co/IEGfrDkrrf
— Garrit Jacobson (@gjacobson) October 23, 2023
Time for Arch Manning https://t.co/j6JPyK2PWU
— #GrandpaTeefers (@MrDPEnt) October 23, 2023
I can smell Arch Manning era. https://t.co/ef5QLOTSyP
— RIP DJ Screw (@HoustonSprtsGod) October 23, 2023
Hoping Quinn is able to return sooner rather than later, but it’s officially Maalik (or even Arch?) season.
Season goals are still on the table… let’s make sure it stays that way. 🤘 https://t.co/RHOUL8EPi8
— /r/LonghornNation (@rLonghornNation) October 23, 2023
It’s likely that second-year quarterback Maalik Murphy will likely get the first shot at replacing Ewers, there’s a real chance that Manning will have his chance, too. We’ll have to see what happens this week.
