Longhorns Daily News: Will Texas’ Arch Manning declare for NFL in 2026? Probably not, analysts say

Plus: A moment of Texas players giving back

Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning, an incoming redshirt sophomore, will be eligible to declare for the pros after the 2026 college football season. As the presumed top quarterback prospect next year, will he? That’s the question on a lot of analysts’ minds.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter included, per the New York Post.

“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,” Schefter said on Get Up on Thursday.

Schefter added, “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.”

Be careful what you wish for, Dallas Cowboys fans.

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