For years, college football fans have been waiting for the arrival of Arch Manning. Now the question is, how soon until he starts?
Manning decided to attend Texas for college and now the freshman will have a shot to compete for the starting job as he prepares for his first year with the Longhorns.
Per ESPN’s Dave Wilson, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian said Monday that every starting position is up for grabs, including the coveted quarterback role.
“I’m not worried about who’s going to be on the cover of what magazine next week,” Sarkisian told reporters. “I’m more focused on is, is each guy focusing on what they need to do to develop to be the best player that they can be? Quinn has an entire year of a head start, but I don’t want to hold Arch back. I want to see how far he can take this thing and what it can look like.”
Texas HC Steve Sarkisian said today that sophomore Quinn Ewers and freshman Arch Manning will compete for the team’s starting quarterback job, via @dwil:https://t.co/jcX6cY15Rv
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 6, 2023
Manning will get a shot to compete against sophomore Quinn Ewers for the starting quarterback job. A highly coveted recruit himself, Ewers came to Texas last year after transferring from Ohio State. He started 10 games and threw for 2,177 yards and 15 touchdowns with six interceptions.
Sarkisian offered praise for Ewers, whom many had noticed cut his long hair and beard during the offseason.
“All of a sudden, now the guy gets a haircut and cleans his beard up a little bit and everyone thinks Quinn’s real serious right now,” Sarkisian said. “But that’s human nature. It’s never been a question of him taking this serious. He wants to be really good. He wants to be a leader on this team. He wants to win a championship with these guys. And that doesn’t change what he does day to day, but appearance is what it is. And so I do think him recognizing that shows some maturity.”
Sarkisian also said that Ewers has become more of a leader.
“I think what he’s done, he’s serving for Arch and, ‘Hey, this is what it looks like,'” Sarkisian said. “‘And this is how to go about your business.'”
We’ll see how it all plays out and if it’s Quinn or Arch starting for the Longhorns in September.
[ESPN]
