{"id":283823,"date":"2025-08-13T03:35:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T03:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/283823\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T03:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T03:35:12","slug":"todd-mcshay-breaks-down-why-arch-manning-is-expected-to-bypass-2026-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/283823\/","title":{"rendered":"Todd McShay breaks down why Arch Manning is expected to bypass 2026 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Archie Manning \u2014 the patriarch of the Manning quarterback dynasty \u2014 surprised some when he recenty poured cold water on the prospect that his grandson, Texas<\/a> quarterback Arch Manning<\/a>, would enter the 2026 NFL Draft and instead return to Austin<\/a> for a second season as the Longhorns\u2019 starter.<\/p>\n

\u201cArch isn\u2019t going to do that,\u201d\u00a0Archie Manning\u00a0told\u00a0Texas Monthly<\/a>\u00a0about Arch Manning\u2019s prospects of declaring for the 2026 NFL Draft<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019ll be at Texas (next season too).\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, outside of some way-too-early NFL mock drafts released in the weeks after April\u2019s 2025 NFL Draft, Arch Manning bypassing next year\u2019s draft and returning to Texas for the 2026 season has been the prevailing expectation among most NFL personnel for awhile now. Longtime NFL Draft expert Todd McShay echoed those sentiments during Monday\u2019s episode of The McShay Show on YouTube<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just how the Manning family operates. \u2026 If you know the Mannings, you know the process. And the process is: \u2018We\u2019re going to do the right thing. We made a commitment to Texas, and we\u2019re going to see that through.\u2019 \u2026 And it goes back and forth, that\u2019s how they do business. So, at the end of the day, the process is the process. Eli<\/a> shocked people when he came back for his final year. Peyton<\/a> surprised (many) when he came back,\u201d McShay said<\/a>. \u201c\u2026 So it\u2019s not about where do I get drafted, what number pick am I? It\u2019s about are we ready when we get into the league? And we\u2019ve seen that in the last couple of years with Jayden Daniels<\/a>, Bo Nix<\/a>, guys that were coming in with more starts and having more early success (because they\u2019re) more prepared than guys like even Caleb Williams<\/a> and certainly Anthony Richardson<\/a> and like Mitch Trubinsky<\/a> and Mark Sanchez<\/a> \u2013 the 13-start club. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut then there\u2019s this other side, talking to an actual (NFL) general manager that actually knows some stuff around it, and his thing was, they\u2019re going through the process head down, working, grinding, doing all the things. There\u2019s an expectation, yes, he\u2019ll be back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Todd McShay reveals one factor that could lead Arch Manning to enter 2026 NFL Draft<\/p>\n

At this point, McShay opted to play devil\u2019s advocate and suggested there\u2019s one factor that could ultimately impact the Mannings\u2019 decision-making regarding whether Arch ultimately returns for a fourth season in Austin or opts to enter the 2026 NFL Draft after just one season as the Longhorns\u2019 QB1.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, one thing to factor in is, and I don\u2019t know that everyone quite understands is, what his day-to-day life of being Arch is in Austin, Texas. And it\u2019s no fault of anyone\u2019s \u2013 it\u2019s no fault of Steve Sarkisian<\/a>, of the program, of the SID, of the president of the school. It\u2019s no one\u2019s fault. It\u2019s inevitable anywhere in the country that he went to school. And Texas is as equipped as if not more than any other program in the\u00a0 country to shield him from that, they have the resources, they have the money, they have the people, all those sorts of things,\u201d McShay continued. \u201cBut at the end of the day, \u2026 he\u2019s so generous with his time, he\u2019s so kind \u2026 it\u2019s going to wear on anyone. The bubble\u2019s a lot smaller and more intense where you go to get a bottle of water from a 7-11 and there\u2019s 15 selfies and videos and you just feel like you can\u2019t breathe sometimes. <\/p>\n

\u201c(But) you get to a NFL city, it\u2019s different. So there may have to be a weighing of quality of life versus am I truly prepared to the level I wanted to be prepared, or should I just go to the NFL for a better quality of life and get into a situation \u2013 which the Mannings can also help dictate \u2013 where maybe I have a little more time than expected. Just something to think about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Arch Manning enters the 2025 college football season with the type of preseason hype that hasn\u2019t been seend since Tim Tebow<\/a> arrived at Florida<\/a>. That includes him leading the consensus No. 1 Texas as the odds-on preseason Heisman Trophy favorite over more established quarterbacks like LSU<\/a>\u2018s Garrett Nussmeier<\/a> or Clemson<\/a>\u2018s Cade Klubnik<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Archie Manning \u2014 the patriarch of the Manning quarterback dynasty \u2014 surprised some when he recenty poured cold…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5242,7,6,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-283823","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-arch-manning-23-isidore-newman","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-nfl-draft"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115019364786978994","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283823","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=283823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}