Arch Manning was among the most hyped up players ahead of the 2025 college football season, which was his first season as the Texas Longhorns starter after he waited behind Quinn Ewers for two years.
Many analysts predicted Manning to win the Heisman Trophy, lead the Longhorns to a national championship and even go as the No .1 overall pick if he declared for the 2026 NFL Draft.
Manning couldn’t meet the hype, especially in the first few weeks of the season, which led to many critics trolling him for his subpar performances. However, he did find his rhythm later on.
On3 analysts Andy Staples and Ari Wasserman discussed the hate that Manning gets and shared their thoughts. Wasserman said:
“I remember like last week when you asked the listeners for questions and, you know, there were a few in there. I don’t know if you saw that. Like, I want you guys to talk about Arch more like in a sarcastic way. Yeah.
“And like, I, there’s just this thing where people resent him and I don’t understand it because it’s not like he did anything to, it’s not his fault. Like the way we talk about him, the way that he was hyped, it’s not his fault. You don’t get to control who your dad is and who your uncles are and he never did anything in his own time to scrutinize.”
He continued:
“He’s been quiet, he’s bided his time. I think he’s done things by and large like every step of the way probably the right way and still everybody wants to see him fail unless you’re a Texas fan. And i don’t know what it is man, I don’t know what it is but he didn’t have apparently a human nature.”
Staples added:
“People don’t like someone who is automatically assumed to be great. And people don’t like people who are actually great. Think about how many people rooted for Tom Brady to fail or Peyton Manning to fail. People root against Jordan in the 90s. I was too young.”
Steve Sarkisian Opens Up About How He Signed Arch Manning for Free out of High School
Arch Manning is among the richest college football players currently with an NIL valuation of $5.4M.
While Manning has been a high profile recruit ever since his high school days, the Texas star was never out for money, as explained by Steve Sarkisian in a recent statement.
Sarkisian shared that while recruits these days ask for million of dollars to sign with a program, Manning let him sign himself for free.
“Arch could have dragged us over the coals for 6 six million (dollars), 7 million, whatever he wanted. That’s an extra 5 million that I can go get a Cam Coleman, go get a (running back like) Hollywood Smothers and go get a Rasheem Biles,” Sarkisian said.
Manning went through a minor surgery in January and only participated partially in the spring practices. However, the Texas star has now told the media he is feeling 100%.
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