Dan Wetzel Oct 22, 2026, 07:00 AM ET

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Dan Wetzel is a senior writer focused on investigative reporting, news analysis and feature storytelling.

It was supposed to be all victories and Vuori commercials by now for Steve Sarkisian and Arch Manning .

Actually, Manning, if the scouts were to be believed, was never expected to see his fourth season at Texas . He was supposed to be a rookie sensation in the NFL by now.

Instead he's dealing with speculation about sharing playing time with a redshirt freshman or possibly transferring at season's end. Manning's career is beginning to resemble that of Quinn Ewers , the Longhorns' previous No.…