The buzz around Texas quarterback Arch Manning has only grown louder as the NFL Combine gets underway. While teams prepare for the 2025 NFL Draft, some already have their eyes on the 2026 class- one that could be headlined by Manning.

With Quinn Ewers eyeing an NFL career, it’s Manning’s time to stand out at Texas. And his former teammates believe he is ready for it.

The 2025 NFL draft class is considered to be below average. It’s a group largely devoid of true blue-chip prospects and is thinnest, perhaps, at the game’s most celebrated position - quarterback. The same is unlikely to be said about the projected 2027 draft class.

Texas’ famous signal caller quickly endeared himself to teammates as a freshman as fellow Longhorn Jahdae Barron recounts a famous freshman tale.

The former No. 1 overall recruit (2023) is the grandson of New Orleans Saints legend Archie Manning, and nephew of Super Bowl -winning quarterbacks Peyton Manning and Eli Manning. Although the noise around him grew louder by the day, Ewers was still able to push through and deliver.

As one of the most highly anticipated quarterback prospects in recent memory, many NFL fans are awaiting the arrival of Arch Manning.