Manning has long been a curiosity as a top recruit with a famous last name. He gets his first chance to start for Texas on Saturday.

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Arch Manning’s first game as Texas’ starting quarterback got off to a rocky start. Manning was picked off by UL-Monroe’s Carl Fauntroy on the first possession of Saturday night’s game at Darrel K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. But, as expected, Manning turned it on from there.

Texas Longhorns redshirt freshman quarterback Arch Manning started the first game of his college career against the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks on Saturday, a 51-3 win at DKR-Texas Memorial

The embarrassment of riches at the quarterback position certainly gives Texas something to think about moving forward, but ESPN's Pete Thamel reported that head coach Steve Sarkisian already made his decision to return Manning to the backup role once Ewers returns from injury.

Texas is No. 1 for the first time since 2008 and after Quinn Ewers was injured last week, Arch Manning could get his first start this week.

Arch Manning earned his first career win as a starter and Jaydon Blue scored four touchdowns as No. 1 Texas ran over Louisiana-Monroe 51-3 Saturday night

With the stadium store sold out of No. 16 jerseys, Manning took center stage on Saturday as a college starter for the first time.