NFL groups shouldn’t rush to imagine Arch Manning is heading to the league in 2026.
No less than in line with Adam Schefter.
The ESPN insider floated the likelihood that Manning, who is predicted to the highest quarterback within the 2026 NFL Draft, might keep in faculty past his sophomore 12 months.
“First of all, there’s no guarantees that Arch Manning’s coming out after next year. It sounds like he certainly could be staying beyond next year,” Schefter stated throughout an look on “Get Up” on Thursday.
“I’m not a college football insider, but none of the Mannings ever went out early, and I don’t know with NIL money being what it is why Arch would do that. So, all of this conversation about tanking for Arch next year, he could be in the draft in 2027, not even next year.”
Manning, the nephew of NFL Corridor of Famer Peyton Manning and potential Corridor of Famer Eli Manning and the grandson of Archie Manning, is predicted to be the Texas Longhorns’ beginning quarterback subsequent season after Quinn Ewers entered the 2025 draft.
In 10 appearances and two begins final season, Manning accomplished 61 of 90 passes (67.8 p.c) for 939 yards with 9 passing touchdowns and two interceptions.
Together with his well-known household title, Manning is considered probably the most marketable beginner athlete in sports activities, with On3 pegging his NIL valuation at $6.6 million, which is greater than each different faculty and highschool athlete.
Schefter’s feedback might throw a wrench into the plans of groups on the high of this 12 months’s draft — specifically, the Titans, Browns and Giants — who’re navigating what has been dubbed a weak quarterback class headlined by Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders.
With the autumn nonetheless months away, Manning has already established himself because the clear favourite to win subsequent season’s Heisman Trophy.
