Cooper Manning reveals whether Arch was ever entering draft, if he could pull uncle Eli's antics next year

Before the assemblage shot play started, Arch Manning was successful the speech to beryllium the No. 1 prime of this year's draft, contempt conscionable 3 starts nether his belt.

Well, that chatter died retired quickly, arsenic Manning and the Longhorns struggled.

Texas and the erstwhile five-star enlistee recovered their mode late, but ultimately, it was not capable to gain a travel to the College Football Playoff.

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Arch Manning of the Texas Longhorns warms up earlier the crippled against the UTSA Roadrunners astatine Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium connected Sept. 14, 2024 successful Austin, Texas.  (Tim Warner/Getty Images)

After the season, Manning announced his volition to enactment successful school, but his father, Cooper, said that determination was made a agelong clip ago.

When asked successful a caller interrogation whether Arch was "always staying successful school," the begetter answered, "Yes."

"I grew up listening to my parents talking astir however large assemblage was, I inactive emotion my years successful college, Eli was determination for 5 years, Peyton was four. It’s specified a fun, peculiar clip successful your life. The thought of hurrying it up and trying to get retired of determination seems benignant of silly to me," Cooper continued.

Arch Manning (left) chats with his begetter Cooper Manning anterior to Big 12 shot crippled betwixt the TCU Horned Frogs and the Texas Longhorns connected Nov. 12, 2022 astatine Darrell K Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium successful Austin, Texas. (John Rivera/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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"I cognize however challenging that adjacent level is. So savor each infinitesimal of college. If you're fortunate capable to spell to the University of Texas and bent retired successful Austin, Texas, wherever radical similar you and get to play shot and spell to these large SEC towns and vie connected the highest level with your teammates and with your large friends, shoot, wherefore would anybody privation to hurry up and get retired of that?"

In each likelihood, Manning volition beryllium getting retired of that successful 2027, and helium figures to beryllium close astatine the apical of the draught board, conscionable similar his uncles.

One of those uncles successful Eli, though, played his hand, refusing to play for the San Diego Chargers, who had the No. 1 selection. The Chargers drafted him anyway, but sent him to the New York Giants.

Could Arch bash the aforesaid thing?

"I person nary idea," Cooper said.

Texas backmost Arch Manning (16) warms up earlier an NCAA assemblage shot crippled Mississippi State successful Starkville, Mississippi, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025.  (AP Photo/James Pugh)

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"Anything beyond outpouring shot close present is excessively acold distant to adjacent deliberation about. He's enjoying the large triumph implicit Michigan and seeing immoderate caller players travel in, saying goodbye to immoderate guys successful this portal and looking guardant to making immoderate caller teammates, large friends and vice versa. So we don't look excessively acold retired successful the satellite of football. Keep it elemental and support your caput down, and it should each shingle retired OK."

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