Ewers is now headed to try his luck in the NFL, and Manning will be the de facto leader of Steve Sarkisian's Texas Longhorns.

And he is ready to take over the Texas offense in 2025. "I wanted to be the quarterback at the University of Texas," quarterback Arch Manning told reporters Thursday when discussing why he didn't transfer when he was behind Quinn Ewers on the depth chart. "Sometimes things are worth the wait."

Viewed as a possible first-round pick last fall, Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers' draft stock has seemingly only gone down recently, with him now widely being considered a Day 2 or even Day 3 pick.