ARCH Manning gave a strong response to his grandfather's claim about the Texas Longhorns star's future.

The 21-year-old is the grandson of Archie Manning, who played for the New Orleans Saints from 1971 to 1982.

Earlier this month, the 76-year-old Archie shared his confidence that the Texas starting quarterback Arch wouldn't enter the 2026 NFL Draft.

The sophomore phenom has been projected to be one of the top draft picks.

"Arch isn't going to do that," Archie told Texas Monthly .

"He'll be at Texas."

However, Arch has broken his silence with 11 days before his No. 1 Longhorns take on the reigning champion Ohio State Buckeyes.

"Yeah, I don't know where he got that from," he said about his grandfather's recent comments.

"He texted me apologizing about that.

"I really am j

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