Texas star Arch Manning calls staying with Longhorns 'a no-brainer' despite transfer speculation

Bruce Feldman joins Colin Cowherd to break down Arch Manning’s expectations this season and what to expect from the Texas Longhorns.

Arch Manning was a huge draw at SEC Media Days last season, but now that he’s officially the starting quarterback for the Texas Longhorns, the attention was even greater on Tuesday. 

However, this is what Manning wanted, at least in terms of where he’s playing football. 

The nephew of Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning, as well as the grandson of New Orleans Saints legend Archie Manning, explained how transferring out of the Longhorns program was never a thought process for him. 

"I think the main thing was I wanted to be at the University of Texas," Manning said, via On3 Sports. "There’s nowhere else I wanted to be, whether it was the school itself, Austin, my friends, the football program. So, as long as I was continuing to get better at football and like where I was at, it was a no-brainer for me to stay."

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Texas quarterback Arch Manning is surrounded by the media as he participates in SEC Media Days at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. (IMAGN)

When Quinn Ewers returned for the 2024 college football season instead of entering the NFL Draft, it was speculated that Manning would head elsewhere so he could start. 

Instead, he stayed put to back up Ewers once more, and he was needed for 10 games this season due to his teammate getting injured. 

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Manning threw for 939 yards with nine passing touchdowns and two interceptions over that span, completing 67.8% of his passes. 

He also showed off some