NFL insider issues Arch Manning warning for teams hoping to draft him

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The 2025 NFL Draft is less than a month away, and there are some in the football world already focused on next year’s prospects, especially Texas quarterback Arch Manning. 

The son of Cooper Manning and the nephew of Peyton and Eli Manning, Arch is finally expected to start for the Longhorns after Quinn Ewers entered the 2025 Draft class. Arch had been sitting behind the former Ohio State Buckeyes signal-caller the past two seasons. 

While many are hoping to see Arch tear up his college schedule next year, one NFL insider says it's not a foregone conclusion Manning will be going pro in 2026. 

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Arch Manning of the Texas Longhorns warms up before a game against the UTSA Roadrunners at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium Sept. 14, 2024, in Austin, Texas.  (Tim Warner/Getty Images)

ESPN’s Adam Schefter made an appearance on "Get Up" Thursday and warned NFL teams and fans not hold out too much hope Arch will be available this time next year. 

"First of all, there’s no guarantees that Arch Manning’s coming out after next year," Schefter said, via the New York Post. "It sounds like he certainly could be staying beyond next year.

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"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."

Arch redshirted his first year in Austin, which means he meets the three years removed