With several top teams in search of new starting quarterbacks ahead of next season, many expected that Texas Longhorns five-star freshman quarterback Arch Manning could enter the transfer portal after spending his first season at Texas behind both starter Quinn Ewers and backup Maalik Murphy. But it doesn’t look like he’s planning to leave Texas.
According to college football reporter Chris Hummer of 247Sports, Arch Manning is “perfectly happy” at Texas and is not expected to consider transferring from the program, even if starter Quinn Ewers decides to return next season.
“Obviously, Arch Manning is the name that looms above it all — everybody’s interested in Arch,” Hummer said. “Based on everything we’ve heard, Arch is perfectly happy at Texas. I think the expectation is he will be back in 2024. The real question mark in the room is what happens with Quinn Ewers and what happens with Maalik Murphy. Matt’s reported it before, and a lot of us have been hearing similar things, about Quinn being likely to return to Texas in 2024. But you never know what happens during a College Football Playoff run. He just had the best game of his career, in the Big 12 Championship Game, and we’ll see how he plays during the stretch run for Texas. That could impact his decision.”
This is obviously big news, and the college football world had a lot to say about it on social media.
This was never in doubt fwiw. https://t.co/oeZAM4ezi8
— CJ Vogel (@CJVogel_OTF) December 4, 2023
Arch and Evan should sue 247 and on3 for the amount of times they’ve used their names for clicks on fake rumors https://t.co/hlGdxyuZjI
— Jorfi (@JorfiD) December 4, 2023
Quinn Ewers about to declare after CFB playoff! https://t.co/yoFZXQ56WJ
— Mace The Flip Flopper 😎 (@realmaceblack) December 4, 2023
This was absolutely *never* in doubt. Anyone thinking otherwise was essentially wish-casting that he'd transfer to their favorite team. https://t.co/wWHIZpbr3w
— Shehan Jeyarajah (@ShehanJeyarajah) December 4, 2023
hilarious that a top player wanting to stay at a school is news https://t.co/05bIx5IAbm
— sarge (@sarge__msu) December 4, 2023
As I’ve said before, there’s no incentive for him to leave.
“He can start immediately elsewhere” some would say..
Why worry about seeing the field if you’re getting millions as QB3, and get a shot in the NFL regardless. https://t.co/0tsy4oWPe1
— J.K. Salinas (@JKSalinas_11) December 4, 2023
Any team that hoped to add Manning as their next starting quarterback will have to look elsewhere for their next starting quarterback.
