Regardless of success or failure, there won’t be a more talked-about player in college football in 2025 than Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning .

Despite having just two career starts, Manning has already become a national sensation ahead of the Longhorns’ season. ESPN’s Marty Smith told Paul Finebaum earlier this year that Manning’s popularity could even rival that of Florida legend Tim Tebow.

“Just know this, brother, it’s going to be Tim Tebow-level hysteria this fall when we go to Austin, Texas,” Smith told Finebaum. “When he is behind center full time for the first time, it’s going to be like it was with Tebow at Florida — everywhere they go, they’re going to be rockstars. That’s what I anticipate, and I think that’s what we’re gonna see.”

Tebow, of course, became a Heis

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