{"id":269736,"date":"2025-08-07T19:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T19:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/269736\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T19:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T19:16:10","slug":"archie-manning-says-texas-qb-arch-manning-wont-enter-2026-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/269736\/","title":{"rendered":"Archie Manning says Texas QB Arch Manning won\u2019t enter 2026 NFL draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">An NFL career is in the future for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/texas-longhorns\/2025\/07\/16\/many-expect-arch-manning-to-be-great-just-good-might-be-enough-for-texas-to-win-in-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/texas-longhorns\/2025\/07\/16\/many-expect-arch-manning-to-be-great-just-good-might-be-enough-for-texas-to-win-in-2025\/\">Arch Manning<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">But first comes the 2025 season as the starting quarterback for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/texas-longhorns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/texas-longhorns\/\">Texas Longhorns<\/a>. And depending who you ask, it might not be his only one. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">In a recent story from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/arts-entertainment\/arch-manning-ut-football-quarterback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/arts-entertainment\/arch-manning-ut-football-quarterback\/\">Texas Monthly<\/a>, Archie Manning shot down notions that his grandson will be taking his talents to the pro level in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cArch isn\u2019t going to do that. He\u2019ll be at Texas,\u201d the 14-year NFL veteran said, while also admitting he hasn\u2019t had the conversation with Arch directly. <\/p>\n<p>Sports Roundup<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-cta-social-module__zWZy- mb-4\">Get the latest D-FW sports news, analysis and opinion delivered straight to your inbox. Plus, Kevin Sherrington&#8217;s A La Carte.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/texas-longhorns\/2022\/09\/16\/5-things-to-know-about-texas-commit-arch-manning-including-his-family-legacy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/texas-longhorns\/2022\/09\/16\/5-things-to-know-about-texas-commit-arch-manning-including-his-family-legacy\/\" target=\"_blank\">The son of Cooper Manning<\/a> and the nephew of Super Bowl-winning QBs Peyton and Eli Manning passed for 939 yards and nine touchdowns last season with the Longhorns in limited playing time behind Quinn Ewers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Now, with Ewers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/texas-longhorns\/2025\/05\/09\/quinn-ewers-is-past-nfl-draft-slip-now-the-dolphins-qb-is-aiming-to-go-get-noticed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/texas-longhorns\/2025\/05\/09\/quinn-ewers-is-past-nfl-draft-slip-now-the-dolphins-qb-is-aiming-to-go-get-noticed\/\">wearing a Miami Dolphins uniform<\/a>, Arch Manning has the reins and the lofty expectations that come with leading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/texas-longhorns\/2025\/08\/04\/usa-today-coaches-poll-texas-longhorns-ranked-smu-texas-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/texas-longhorns\/2025\/08\/04\/usa-today-coaches-poll-texas-longhorns-ranked-smu-texas-tech\/\">the preseason No. 1 team<\/a> in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Related:<a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-related-story-module__82BFj\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/texas-longhorns\/2025\/07\/16\/many-expect-arch-manning-to-be-great-just-good-might-be-enough-for-texas-to-win-in-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Many expect Arch Manning to be great. Just good might be enough for Texas to win in 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cPeople are saying he\u2019s a Heisman candidate,\u201d Archie Manning said. \u201cYou\u2019re not a Heisman Trophy candidate when you haven\u2019t played but three games. It\u2019s crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The Longhorns will face an immediate test this season against Ohio State, the team that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/texas-longhorns\/2025\/01\/10\/deja-vu-for-second-straight-year-texas-cfp-hopes-end-with-excruciating-semifinal-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/texas-longhorns\/2025\/01\/10\/deja-vu-for-second-straight-year-texas-cfp-hopes-end-with-excruciating-semifinal-loss\/\">defeated Texas in a CFP semifinal<\/a> seven months ago. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">A season-opening win in Columbus would only add to Arch Manning\u2019s preseason hype.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/texas-longhorns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/texas-longhorns\/\">Find more Longhorns coverage from The Dallas Morning News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An NFL career is in the future for Arch Manning. But first comes the 2025 season as the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[615,2009,1554,7,6,15,1078],"class_list":{"0":"post-269736","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-arch-manning","9":"tag-brief","10":"tag-colleges","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-nfl-draft","14":"tag-texas-longhorns"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114989091113405046","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}