Texas junior quarterback Quinn Ewers declared for the NFL draft on Wednesday, 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.

Austin, Texas – Texas junior quarterback Quinn Ewers declared for the NFL draft on Wednesday, 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.

Here are some way-too-early predictions for Texas QB Arch Manning after Quinn Ewers officially declared for the 2025 NFL Draft.

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.

It’s long been expected that Quinn Ewers would declare for the NFL Draft this season, leaving Arch Manning to take over as the Texas Longhorns starting quarterback next season. But now, it’s official.

Texas QB Arch Manning is expected to uphold the Longhorns' newly-established standard during his first college football season as the unquestioned starter in Austin.

Texas QB Arch Manning spoke about the Longhorns losing 16 players from the program to the NFL Draft, including 'friend for life' and trusted senior offensive lineman Jakob Majors