AUSTIN, Texas (AP) \u2014 Texas quarterback Arch Manning is doing light workouts so far in spring practice following offseason foot surgery.<\/p>\n
But he said Wednesday that his body is as strong as it’s been since he had what school officials said was a minor procedure in January.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel 100 percent right now. We’re kind of taking it slow, but if we had a game today I’d be playing,\u201d Manning said. \u201cObviously when you’re not out there, you’re kind of antsy. It was hard the first few weeks just not being able to do anything. Now I get to do a little bit more.\u201d<\/p>\n
Manning is coming off his first season as the Longhorns’ full-time starter. The nephew of Peyton and Eli Manning passed for 3,163 yards and 26 touchdowns and ran for 10 TDs in 2025.<\/p>\n
While he waits to do more on the field, he\u2019s been focused on mental reps, footwork drills and getting to know some of his new teammates.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been different, but it\u2019s been good,\u201d Manning said. \u201cIt\u2019s honestly been unique for me getting a bunch of mental reps and kind of being off to the side. But I\u2019ve gotten to spend a lot of time with these new guys \u2014 freshmen, transfers \u2014 and guys coming back. So, it\u2019s been fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
Texas was the preseason No. 1 and finished ranked No. 12.<\/a> The Longhorns missed the College Football Playoff and finished 10-3 with a Citrus Bowl win over Michigan<\/a> that included Manning\u2019s 60-yard, game-sealing touchdown run.<\/a><\/p>\n Manning described the season as a roller coaster.<\/p>\n \u201cI think I could have had more fun. The first half of the season, I was (ticked),\u201d Manning said. \u201cI wasn\u2019t playing well and it wasn\u2019t fun for me. And then I kind of sort of said \u2018screw it\u2019 and had a little more fun and started winning some games.\u201d<\/p>\n Now he said he’s concentrated on being the best version of himself going forward. He plans to leave the evaluations of how much he’s improved to others.<\/p>\n \u201cI think I’m just trying to get better every day,\u201d Manning said. \u201cThat’s not for me to judge, really.\u201d<\/p>\n Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here<\/a>. AP college football: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ap-top-25-college-football-poll<\/a> and https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/college-football<\/a><\/p>\n \n Success! An email has been sent to with a link to confirm list signup.\n <\/p>\n \n Error! There was an error processing your request.\n <\/p>\n Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas (AP) \u2014 Texas quarterback Arch Manning is doing light workouts so far in spring practice following…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[95318,261,416,300,154,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-251762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-arch-manning-texas-foot-spring-practice","tag-college-football","tag-college-sports","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}