When you’re drawing comparisons to Joe Burrow, you must be doing something right.
Texas quarterback Arch Manning received a glowing review this week from former LSU coach Ed Orgeron, who helped develop Burrow into a record-setting Heisman season in 2019 and culminated with the Tigers’ unbeaten run to a national championship.
“I had an opportunity to go to Texas and speak at their clinic,” Orgeron said on the newest episode of “Pardon My Take”. “And I watched practice. Now, we knew Arch Manning as a young kid from Louisiana. He liked Joe Brady. We watched him (as a recruit). But I watched his practice [at Texas]. And I’ll say this conservatively — and we recruited [current LSU quarterback] Garrett [Nussmeier] — Garrett’s a great player. … but Arch is as close to — or maybe as good as — Joe [Burrow] as I’ve seen. And I’ve never said that about anybody.”
The current preseason Heisman Trophy favorite over at FanDuel Sportsbook, Manning (+750) leads preseason No. 1 Texas against Ohio State in a seismic season opener later this month.
247Sports national recruiting analyst Cooper Petagna previously penned Manning’s player comp to Burrow in his initial scouting assessment of the Longhorns’ new starter.
No player in college football is facing as much pressure as Manning, the 2023 recruiting cycle’s No. 1 overall prospect who sat behind Quinn Ewers with the Longhorns each of the past two seasons.
And no matter how often Manning has stiff-armed preseason narratives this offseason or downplayed national hype associated with taking over as the starting quarterback at Texas, expectations are stratospheric.
However, Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said last week that Manning is not crippled by the pressure of lofty goals placed on…
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Author : Brad Crawford
Publish date : 2025-08-18 15:26:00
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