Gorney’s prediction: Arch Manning brings title to Texas with draft QB
Rivals National Recruiting Director Adam Gorney has 3 predictions texas Arch Manning, the 2025 quarterback class and which QB will start in college football next season.
1. Texas will win the national championship with Arch Manning.
Texas came very close to winning the national championship the past two years, but failed to make it past the semifinals either time.
The Longhorns lost 37-31 to Washington two years ago in what was quarterback Quinn Ewers’ best season. And this year, they scored first. ohio They tied the score in the final minutes and Jack Sawyer stripped Ewers as the closer, winning 28-14.
Ewers was a very talented quarterback, but he wasn’t particularly cautious with the ball this season. Manning is an upgrade at the position. He sat behind Ewers for two seasons, waiting his turn. Texas will have to rebuild in certain places, but with a wealth of talent returning, Manning has all the special tools to lead the Longhorns to the promised land.
Here’s my prediction: Texas will lose to Ohio State in the opener next season (and the media will have a field day with questions about Manning), and the Longhorns will dominate after that (more on that later). Let’s go) georgia game), in the middle of the next College Football Playoff, which ends with the title returning to Austin.
2. The 2025 quarterback class will have six players selected in the first round of the NFL Draft.
On draft night in April, it was amazing to see Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye, Michael Penix Jr., JJ McCarthy, and Bo Nix all made it within the first 12 picks. . None of the draft forecasters expected that to happen.
Before 2024, the last time six players were selected in the first round was in 1983. john elway, tod black ledge, Gym kelly, tony Iason, Ken O’Brien and Dan Marino He was a first-round pick.
The 2025 quarterback class is solid, led by five-star stars like Tavian St. Clair, Bryce Underwood, Kieron Russell, and Julian Lewis, so I’d pick six first-rounders from this group. I predict that some players will also appear.
Not only are NFL teams taking more quarterbacks earlier in the first round, but there are also more quarterbacks in this class, led by KJ Lacy, Deuce Knight, and Trammell Jones. We have a star quarterback. Husan Longstreet also has the arm talent that NFL teams love, and there are always surprises along the way.
Six quarterbacks in the first round is not the norm in the NFL Draft, but this 2025 class has a great chance of making that happen in the coming years.
3. Three of the four five-star QBs in the 2025 class will start next season.
Five-star quarterbacks have to wait years to shine. Bryce Young was waiting there. Alabama. Niko Iamareva was waiting there. tennessee. Arch Manning waited two years. texas.
However, three of the four five-star quarterbacks in the class – Bryce Underwood, Kieron Russell and Julian Lewis – are projected to flame out next season.
The only person who seems to be sitting and waiting is Tavian St. Clair. ohioand it has nothing to do with his talent. It’s just that Julian Sane is the next choice.
The real question for the other three is: Who else is there?
Underwood was paid a truckload of money to convert. LSU He appealed to Michigan not to sit on the sideline because the Wolverines needed to fix their quarterback situation.
Lewis replaces Shedule Sanders and is instantly the most talented quarterback. colorado List. If he didn’t have a chance to start on day one, it’s unlikely he would have converted on day one. University of Southern California To the Buffaloes.
Russell is a bit of a wild card. Ty Simpson, especially Austin Mack (followed the coach) Karen deboer from washington to Alabama) is waiting in the wings as Jalen Milroe leaves for the NFL, but the five-star quarterback from Duncanville, Texas may be too talented and special to be sidelined. do not have.
