Arch Manning’s latest big night in the SEC has earned him another round of hardware.
Texas’ senior quarterback was named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week on Monday, and he also picked up Manning Award Star of the Week honors. It’s the fourth SEC weekly award of his career and his first since landing SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 14.
Manning has now become a familiar name on the league’s weekly honor roll, and Texas has had plenty of representation there this season. He joins senior linebacker Rasheem Biles, senior left tackle Trevor Goosby and junior defensive lineman Maraad Watson as Longhorns who have earned at least one SEC weekly award.
Biles has collected three SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors, while Manning has taken home the SEC’s offensive award twice. Manning was also named a Top 10 finalist for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award on Nov.
The award comes on the heels of another sharp performance in Texas’ 34-20 road win over No. 18 Missouri on Nov.
- Manning went 28-of-38 for 297 yards and three touchdowns, with every scoring throw traveling more than 20 yards.
It was his fifth game this season with multiple passing touchdowns and his fourth with at least three.
Texas needed all of it, and Manning delivered in the biggest moments. His first touchdown came on a 24-yard strike to freshman running back Derrek Cooper in the first quarter to tie the game at 7-7.
In the third quarter, he hit freshman wide receiver Jermaine Bishop Jr. for 25 yards to pull the Longhorns even again at 20-20. Then, with a little more than five minutes left, he found senior running back Raleek Brown for 23 yards and the go-ahead score that put Texas ahead for good, 27-20.
He was even better late. Manning finished by completing eight of his final 10 passes for 103 yards and two touchdowns. Over his last two games, he has thrown six touchdowns and no interceptions.
The Missouri performance fit right into a strong stretch for Texas. During the Longhorns’ current three-game winning streak, Manning has completed 62 of 88 passes for 729 yards and seven touchdowns, while also rushing for two scores. Texas is 7-2 overall and has four AP Top 20 wins, including two against Top 10 teams.
For the season, Manning has completed 168 of 254 passes for 2,024 yards and 18 touchdowns, with two more scores on the ground. He has 10 completions of 40-plus yards, the most among SEC quarterbacks, and his 18 passing touchdowns rank second in the SEC and 18th in the FBS. He is 19-5 as a starter in his career and 14-3 over his last 17 starts.
The numbers keep stacking up, but so do the signature wins. Texas has now won six straight against AP Top 25 opponents, the longest streak in the FBS dating back to last season.
Manning has won five career games against AP Top 10 opponents, the most of any active FBS quarterback. His eight career wins as a starter against AP Top 25 teams since 2025 are the most by an FBS quarterback, and his five wins over Top 10 teams since 2025 are tied with former Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza for the most in that span.
Manning’s season has been built on a steady run of high-end production against quality competition. Against Mississippi State on Oct. 31, he completed 16 of 20 passes for 220 yards and three touchdowns, finishing by hitting 11 of his final 12 throws for 144 yards and two scores.
Against No. 7/7 Ole Miss on Oct. 24, he went 18-of-30 for 212 yards and one touchdown and accounted for three total scores after adding two rushing touchdowns.
Against Florida on Oct. 17, he completed 14 of 20 passes for 173 yards and a touchdown.
He also delivered in the Allstate Red River Rivalry against Oklahoma on Oct. 10, going 19-of-31 for 260 yards and three touchdowns. At No.
14/13 Tennessee on Sept. 26, he completed 14 of 19 passes for 201 yards in Texas’ second ranked win of the season. In the 30-6 win over UTSA on Sept. 19, he was 17-of-33 for 164 yards and two touchdowns and led Texas on the ground with 50 rushing yards on nine carries.
The season’s turning point may still be the win over No. 1/1 Ohio State on Sept. 12, when Manning earned SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week.
He completed 23 of 37 passes for 195 yards and a touchdown while helping Texas rally from a 23-3 deficit. He led three straight touchdown drives to close the game, each at least 12 plays and 72 yards, and completed 13 of 18 passes to seven different receivers for 125 yards and a touchdown on those drives.
He also rushed three times for 26 yards, with two completions on fourth down helping keep the scoring marches alive. Texas became the only team in the past 15 years to finish a win with three straight touchdown drives of 12 or more plays, and the comeback ranked as the third-largest against an AP No. 1 team this century.
Manning has also thrown a touchdown pass in four straight games against a Top 5 opponent, the longest such streak by an FBS quarterback since Ohio State’s Will Howard had a six-game run in 2024. He has four fourth-quarter comebacks in his career, including last year against Kentucky, Mississippi State and Michigan.
Texas opened the season with a 305-yard, four-touchdown performance from Manning in a 20-27 win over Texas State on Sept. 5, and now the Longhorns are headed back on the road. They’ll face No.
24/22/14 LSU in Baton Rouge, La., at 6:30 p.m. CT Saturday, Nov. 14, at Tiger Stadium.
The game will air on ABC with Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Holly Rowe on the call.
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