{"id":94726,"date":"2025-12-19T23:29:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T23:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/94726\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T23:29:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T23:29:18","slug":"arch-manning-taking-pay-cut-after-first-texas-season-didnt-go-as-planned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/94726\/","title":{"rendered":"Arch Manning taking pay cut after first Texas season didn’t go as planned"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arch Manning is taking a pay cut.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Texas quarterback agreed to take a reduced share of the team\u2019s revenue-sharing pool \u201cas part of an effort to help the Longhorn football program do whatever it takes to support a 2026 championship run,\u201d according to On3\u2019s Justin Wells<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The savings \u201ccould be used on transfer portal talent or as part of retention efforts\u201d for the Longhorns, per Wells.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This season, athletic programs were capped at $20.5 million in revenue-sharing, although that number is likely to increase next season and beyond.<\/p>\n

\"AUSTIN,Arch Manning #16 of the Texas Longhorns looks on during the third quarter against the Texas A&M Aggies at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on November 28, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Manning, the nephew of NFL icons Peyton and Eli Manning and the grandson of legendary quarterback Archie, is one of the most marketable athletes in college sports.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On3 currently gives Manning an NIL valuation of $5.3 million, which leads all student-athletes.<\/p>\n

Although he is getting less money from Texas, Manning still holds NIL deals with brands like Red Bull, Uber and EA Sports, among others.<\/p>\n

However, Manning sometimes struggled in a season that started with Heisman hype\u00a0and the Longhorns ranked No. 1 in the nation.<\/p>\n

Texas finished the season 9-3 and out of the College Football Playoff, a disappointing midseason loss against a poor Florida team all but ended their chances of being in the 12-team field.<\/p>\n

Manning\u2019s season was underwhelming as well, throwing for 2,942 yards with 24 touchdowns and seven interceptions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The news comes after Manning\u2019s father, Cooper Manning, told ESPN earlier this week that his son would return to the Longhorns in 2026<\/a> for his junior season despite previously mulling entering the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n

\u201cArch is playing football at Texas next year,\u201d Cooper said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Texas finished No. 13 in the end of season rankings and will be on the sidelines for the College Football Playoff, which kicks off on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arch Manning is taking a pay cut.\u00a0 The Texas quarterback agreed to take a reduced share of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3230,261,44166,154,27,29,537,28],"class_list":["post-94726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-arch-manning","tag-college-football","tag-nil-rules","tag-sports","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-longhorns","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94726","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=94726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}