Manning dominant in relief of hurt QB Ewers

• Max Olson, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 14, 2024, 08:47 PM ET

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Promoted Texas backup quarterback Arch Manning actioned in for an injured Quinn Ewers and the No. 2 Longhorns’ offense didn’t miss out on a beat in a 56-7 thrashing of UTSA on Saturday night in Austin.Manning threw for 223

lawns and 4 touchdowns and included a 67-yard rushing score in his most comprehensive playing time at the college level after Ewers left in the 2nd quarter with an oblique strain.Ewers appeared to suffer the non-contact injury on a pass to tight end Gunnar Helm for a 49-yard gain early in the second quarter. Ewers stayed in for one more play before leaving the game. He went into the locker space and went back to the sideline in street clothes right before halftime.The redshirt junior starter tossed for 185 backyards on 14-of-16 passing with 2 goals and an interception against the Roadrunners.Manning entered the game with 12:19 left in the 2nd quarter and

completed 9 of his 12 pass attempts in the blowout triumph. On his very first snap of the night, he got in touch with receiver DeAndre Moore Jr. for a 19-yard touchdown.Editor’s Picks 2 Related The 6-foot-4, 225-pound redshirt freshman flaunted his

speed on his next

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a defender miss on a zone checked out run and rushing away for a 67-yard touchdown. The run was the longest by any Texas quarterback since Vince Young in 2005. Manning took a 28-7 lead into halftime and built on it with a 51-yard touchdown pass to Isaiah Bond, a 75-yard score

to Ryan Wingo and then a 12-yard goal pass to Johntay Cook II early in the fourth quarter to end his night.The Longhorns scored on five of his 9 belongings and set up 614 overall lawns on 9.2 backyards per play.”It helps when you have fantastic players around you and excellent coaches,”Manning said. “Isaiah Bond, Ryan Wingo, the O-line, they all played really well. They make it a little

bit easier for me.”Manning, the nephew of Eli and Peyton Manning, kid of former Ole Miss wide receiver Cooper Manning and grand son of Archie Manning, appeared in two games during his redshirt season

with the Longhorns in 2023. The former first-class hire tossed his very first profession goal pass in Texas ‘season opener this year against Colorado State but had actually only attempted 11 passes at the college level entering Saturday.”Obviously there’s a lot to enhance on and grow from,”Manning stated,”but I’m pleased I got to act and get hit once again and feel what it resembles. “Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said the severity of Ewers’

injury”stays to be seen” but kept in mind that they do not think anything is broken.Texas concludes its nonconference schedule Saturday against UL Monroe before making its SEC debut in your home versus Mississippi State on Sept. 28. The Longhorns then have an idle week before taking a trip to Dallas to deal with rival Oklahoma on Oct. 12.”I believe Quinn’s in

pretty good spirits,” Sarkisian stated.”I spoke with him on the sidelines there. He was playing such good football. My hope is this isn’t a long-term thing, that we’ll get him back, due to the fact that we need as lots of healthy good players as we can get for this journey that we’re on

today.”Ewers, the Longhorns’ 25-game starter, previously missed out on two games during the 2023 season due to a hurt right shoulder and missed 3 games in 2022 after suffering an extreme sprain of his SC joint.After leading the program to a Huge 12 title and College Football Playoff look last season, Ewers decided to bypass the NFL draft and returned to Texas to chase a championship game. Behind Ewers and Manning, Texas has just another scholarship quarterback on its lineup in real freshman Trey Owens. The four-star signee made his first career appearance against UTSA and tossed for 19 backyards on 2-of-4 death.”Since Quinn’s been through it and I believe because those other injuries he got with the shoulder were so structural and they were contact-type injuries, I think he’s most likely in a little much better spirits, “Sarkisian stated.”We’ve got ta do everything on our part to get him as healthy as we can as rapidly as possible. “Ewers got in the weekend as the agreement favorite to win the Heisman Prize, noted at 5-1 at

ESPN BET, after throwing for 246 lawns and 3 touchdowns in a thrashing of No. 10 Michigan last Saturday. His odds lengthened to 18-1 on Saturday night after the injury, while Manning’s Heisman chances moved considerably, shortening from 150-1 to 16-1 at ESPN BET.Miami quarterback Webcam Ward emerged as the consensus favorite to win the Heisman Prize

on Saturday at sportsbooks. Ward was listed at 5 1/2 -1 at ESPN BET on Saturday night.