{"id":450255,"date":"2025-12-16T05:26:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T05:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/450255\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T05:26:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T05:26:13","slug":"texas-qb-arch-manning-will-return-to-school-for-2026-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/450255\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas QB Arch Manning will return to school for 2026 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765862771_457_adelson_andrea.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/>\n<p>Andrea AdelsonDec 15, 2025, 11:25 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> ACC reporter.\n<\/li>\n<li> Joined ESPN.com in 2010.\n<\/li>\n<li> Graduate of the University of Florida.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a data-clubhouse-guid=\"013a8bab-0dd5-f6a0-45e6-1128a124f34b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/team\/_\/id\/251\/texas-longhorns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas<\/a> quarterback <a data-player-guid=\"d499f837-dace-3ada-8168-eaaa41b706e3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/player\/_\/id\/4870906\/arch-manning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arch Manning<\/a> will return to school to play in 2026, finally putting to rest questions about his future beyond this season.<\/p>\n<p>In a text message to ESPN&#8217;s Dave Wilson on Monday night, Arch&#8217;s dad, Cooper Manning, said, &#8220;Arch is playing football at Texas next year.&#8221; Texas officials told ESPN the full expectation was that Manning would be back next season, even though Manning could have declared for the NFL draft as a redshirt sophomore.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/story\/_\/id\/47320503\/steve-sarkisian-texas-honor-ohio-state-michigan-games\" class=\"img-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/r1569366_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/story\/_\/id\/47267042\/college-football-bowls-2025-storylines-watch-every-game\" class=\"img-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/r1587768_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<p>At a media event in Orlando, Fla., as part of the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, where Texas will play Michigan on Dec. 31, Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said Manning would benefit from one more year in college.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s a young man who&#8217;s gotten better as the season&#8217;s gone on, and not only physically, but mentally, maturity-wise,&#8221; Sarkisian said. &#8220;I would think he&#8217;s going to want another year of that growth to put himself in position for hopefully a long career in the NFL. And he&#8217;s got some unfinished business of what he came here to do and what he came here to accomplish.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had a really good football season. We left some meat on the bone with an opportunity to be SEC champs, national champs, and so ultimately for him, I think the competitor in him is going to say, &#8216;Man, I sure would like another crack at trying to do those things.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In his first season as the starter, Manning played his best football in the second half of the season when Texas went 6-1 and made a late push for the CFP. With the bowl game left to go, Manning has gone 227-of-370 for 2,942 yards, 24 touchdowns and 7 interceptions. Only two of those interceptions came in the final seven games of the year. He added eight rushing touchdowns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrea AdelsonDec 15, 2025, 11:25 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. 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