AUSTIN, Texas — What a difference a year makes.
The anticipated burnt orange and white debut of Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning in 2023, weeks after the heir to football’s royal quarterback family completed that year’s recruiting cycle as the consensus No. 1 recruit in the country, was never set up for Manning’s success.
Competing against returning starting quarterback Quinn Ewers and Maalik Murphy in his second spring on the Forty Acres, Manning was relegated to third-string snaps in last year’s Orange-White game, playing behind an offensive line made up of walk ons and early enrollees and throwing to walk ons and early enrollees.