Pre-commitment, it was reported that the Manning family wanted Arch to go somewhere where he could redshirt and develop. He's % redshirting. Archie manning redshirt rest of the time, he watched redshirt sophomore Quinn Ewers direct the offense and redshirt Archie Manning did with the Saints is. In both seasons with the Texas Longhorns, redshirt sophomore quarterback Quinn Ewers has gone down with shoulder injuries. Like his Uncle Peyton, Arch Manning chose a school based on the head coach and came to his college football team as a redshirt freshman.
Maalik Murphy, a redshirt freshman from California, will likely start Saturday, according to Texas coach Steve Sarkisian. Players are allowed four years of eligibility in a five-year span, although various exemptions could extend that window of playing time. In addition, players can appear in up to four games in a single season without that season counting toward a full year of eligibility.
Tennessee had a great offensive line and two really good running backs, so that allowed him to work into it. Eli had what I think is the best course. He redshirt his first year, was a backup in his second year, and then started in his third year. There was always going to be a learning curve with Arch. Arch played 2A Football, as did Peyton and Eli. Although Archie has not yet been to Austin, the Manning family is close.
It sounds like Arch is really thriving. Archie then proceeded to reveal what everybody already kind of knew about his grandson. If Texas is not anything better than the fourth-best team in the Big 12 after the season, who is to say Sarkisian will get a fourth year to lead an football team?
And three, what if Manning is clearly better than Ewers, Card or any other quarterback on the Texas roster? Potential only satisfies rabid fanbases for so long. The longer he waits, the more people will talk. Conversely, redshirting did serve Young playing for Mack Brown and similar things could happen for Manning being redshirted by Sarkisian. While Young could have probably used a redshirt from Jeff Fisher in Nashville professionally, there is so much left to be written in the budding career for the first of the third generation of Manning quarterbacks.
Maybe will be the Year of Arch? Ideally, redshirting Manning makes sense, but nothing has gone accordingly for Texas in years.