If anyone can relate to what Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning will experience next season, it’s former Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel. Like Manning,

Manning's first game as the unquestioned face of Texas football will be against the same team Ewers faced in his last: Ohio State in Week 1.

Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers announced on Wednesday his intention to enter the NFL draft, setting the stage for Arch Manning to be the Longhorns' starting quarterback in 2025. When Manning takes the field next fall he won't be making his first start with Texas,

Texas junior quarterback Quinn Ewers has declared for the NFL draft, ending a Longhorns career in which he led the program to a Big 12 championship and twice to the College Football Playoff but was not always embraced by a fan base eagerly waiting for Arch Manning to take over.

Quinn Ewers was that guy. He was the No. 1 recruit, the first perfectly graded quarterback in the 247Sports Composite since Vince Young. His initial decommitment from Texas in 2020 as a high school recruit portended the end of the Tom Herman era.

Colt McCoy gave Arch Manning advice on Wednesday after Quinn Ewers declared for the NFL draft, leaving Manning as Texas' likely starter in 2025:

Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers will declare for the 2025 NFL Draft, he announced Wednesday. The decision ends his career with the Longhorns and clears the way for Arch Manning to start in 2025.  Ewers came to Austin as a transfer from Ohio State with tremendous hype as the first perfectly-rated quarterback in the 247Sports Composite since Vince Young.

Arch Manning did something that is so rare, especially for quarterbacks in today’s college football. He waited. The No. 1 player in the 2023 Rivals250 went to Texas over Alabama and Georgia with the intention of sitting one year behind Quinn Ewers.