CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Browns owner Jimmy Haslam, a close friend of the Manning family, was apparently speaking the truth when he said he didn’t expect quarterback Arch Manning to leave Texas after this season, his first full year as a starter. Manning’s grandfather, Archie, said the same thing.

Manning's revelation is largely unsurprising to those who have closely followed Arch’s recruitment and college career.

Texas quarterback Arch Manning is off the board in 2026. Well, probably. Sources have long indicated it's unlikely Manning would depart Austin after just one season as the starter. It'd go against his family's history -- both of his uncles,

Former football great Archie Manning believes his famous grandson, Texas quarterback Arch Manning, will skip the 2026 NFL Draft and return to the Longhorns.

It's always a good bet that the first pick of the NFL Draft will be a quarterback, but putting any money on Arch Manning being that pick in 2026 isn't looking like a wise move.

It sounds like it will take at least two years before the next generation of the famed Manning Family makes it to the NFL.

Arch Manning, widely considered a blue-chip quarterback prospect, is not expected to enter next year’s NFL Draft, according to grandfather Archie Manning. “Arch isn’t going to do that,” Archie Manning told Texas Monthly.