Manning has long been a curiosity as a top recruit with a famous last name. He gets his first chance to start for Texas on Saturday.

Arch Manning’s first game as Texas’ starting quarterback got off to a rocky start. Manning was picked off by UL-Monroe’s Carl Fauntroy on the first possession of Saturday night’s game at Darrel K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. But, as expected, Manning turned it on from there.

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Texas Longhorns redshirt freshman quarterback Arch Manning started the first game of his college career against the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks on Saturday, a 51-3 win at DKR-Texas Memorial

The embarrassment of riches at the quarterback position certainly gives Texas something to think about moving forward, but ESPN's Pete Thamel reported that head coach Steve Sarkisian already made his decision to return Manning to the backup role once Ewers returns from injury.

Arch Manning earned his first career win as a starter and Jaydon Blue scored four touchdowns as No. 1 Texas ran over Louisiana-Monroe 51-3 Saturday night

With the stadium store sold out of No. 16 jerseys, Manning took center stage on Saturday as a college starter for the first time.

Texas fans are excited that the Longhorns' future involves quarterback Arch Manning. The nephew of Peyton and Eli Manning threw for two touchdowns and

Picked off on Texas' first drive, Arch Manning settled in and finished with 258 yards and two touchdowns in his first career start as the No. 1 Longhorns routed UL Monroe.