Manning charms with 3 TDs in Texas’ spring game

Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterApr 20, 2024, 06:24 PM ET

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Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com given that 2010. He formerly worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun.AUSTIN, Texas– In his most substantial action considering that arriving at Texas, Arch Manning placed on a show in Texas’ Orange-White game Saturday, and he didn’t take long to do it.Manning tossed a 75-yard goal on his first pass effort, began 10 for 10 and completed the very first half 11 for 13 for 189 yards with 2 TDs. His very first incompletion accompanied 12 seconds left in the 2nd quarter, and his 2nd on a shake off the hands of Isaiah Bond in the end zone.Texas didn’t provide stats, however according to ESPN Stats & Information research, Manning finished with 355 yards and three goals with one interception while finishing 19 of 26 efforts. A minimum of 4 of those incompletions were catchable passes. His pocket presence and self-confidence was a crucial revealing considering Quinn Ewers missed 5 games in the previous two years, backup Maalik Murphy transferred to Duke, and Texas returns just 16%of its getting production from last season after losing its leading 5 pass-catchers. Sarkisian said the strategy the whole time was to restrict Ewers to a couple of series, since he’s entrenched as a third-year starter after tossing for 3,479 lawns

and 22 goals with 6 interceptions as Texas made the College Football Playoff. On Saturday, Ewers’first drive ended with defensive end Colton Vasek tipping a pass that was gotten by defensive tackle Alfred Collins, who ran it back for a touchdown. Ewers said after the game that he knew his time would be brief.”I know what Quinn’s about,” Sarkisian said. “Quinn’s had an excellent spring.”After Manning made a look in just two games last season, versus Texas Tech in a blowout win and in the final series of

the Huge 12 title game, he got a possibility to take most of his group’s snaps in this game for the first time.Editor’s Picks 2 Associated”I desired Arch to be able to just go play football. He hadn’t really played in a year,”Sarkisian said.” When he keeps his eyes up and steps up in the pocket, he can provide those balls down the field the way we like to play. It was excellent

to see and it’s excellent to see some of the guys around him play with him the manner in which they did.” We’re extremely lucky at the quarterback position to have a third-year starter to have the backup that we have,”Sarkisian said.Sarkisian informed ESPN’s Chris Low today that Manning has been client, regardless of his well-known last name and the expansion of quarterback transfers around the nation.”Most of guys like Arch have actually always been the best their entire life,”Sarkisian stated. “Then they get to college and it resembles,’Wait, I’m not the starter?’No, but we’re going to develop you in such a way that when you do end up being the starter, you’re going to play terrific. You’re not going to have to go through a few of these growing pains that some

of these other guys go through with their freshman and sophomore year. We’re going to keep training you in a manner that when your number does get called, you’re going to play truly good football.”He did that on Saturday, however Sarkisian also praised the efficiency of real freshman quarterback Trey Owens, a four-star recruit who assisted balance out Manning’s performance on the other group in a game Sarkisian called”the most interesting spring game I have actually ever belonged of.””Not to conjecture of those that put stars on quarterbacks, but I trust our assessment, and we could most likely recruit any quarterback in the nation,”Sarkisian said.”However Trey Owens is really talented and can make a great deal of tosses, so I’m extremely encouraged with where we’re at, at the quarterback position. “The Longhorns were excited to see the

performance of freshman Ryan Wingo, a 6-foot-2, 200-pound receiver from St. Louis who was No. 33 in the 2024 ESPN 300. Wingo caught two touchdowns. Sophomore DeAndre Moore captured Manning’s 75-yarder to open the game. Bond, the Alabama transfer who led the Crimson Tide with 48 catches last season, worked his method into the offense.Sarkisian potentially foreshadowed some transfer portal priorities when he said the Longhorns still need more”huge human beings”along the defensive line after losing NFL draft potential customers T’Vondre Sweat, the Outland Trophy winner, and Byron Murphy II. However otherwise, he feels truly great about the Longhorns ‘outlook. “I think we’re a very gifted football team,”Sarkisian said.” What delighted me today is that playmakers made plays which’s something that you attempt to hire to … I believe we’re very good. And I think that we have an opportunity to do some actually good ideas.”