Arch Manning Uncorks Long Touchdown Run for Texas in Relief of Quinn Ewers

The Longhorns appear set for both the present and the future.

Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning (16) lines up for a snap during the game against UTSA at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. / Aaron E. Martinez/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The longest run of Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning's NFL career was 33 yards in 2001.

The longest of Peyton's brother Eli's NFL career was 23 in 2015.

That does not look like it will be the case for Texas quarterback Arch Manning whenever he decides to go pro.

During the Longhorns' game against UTSA Saturday, Arch relieved injured quarterback Quinn Ewers and immediately produced one of the most electric plays of the young college season. Peyton and Eli's nephew kept the football on second-and-2 from Texas's 33-yard line and wove through the Roadrunner defense to put his team up 28–7 in the second quarter.

ARCH MANNING TAKES IT 67 YARDS TO THE HOUSE WITH HIS LEGS 😱

It's the longest rush by a Texas QB since Vince Young in 2005. pic.twitter.com/AjU9uSli2c

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 15, 2024

You can guess how fans reacted to that one.

Some observers clamored for Arch to come to the NFL as soon as possible.

The NFL is about to give Arch Manning a fake ID like he’s McLovin to get him in the 2025 QB class

— Trevor Sikkema (@TampaBayTre) September 15, 2024

Ex-Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III, the 2011 Heisman Trophy winner, sang Arch's praises.

Arch Manning got EVERY OUNCE of Manning athleticism in the UNIVERSE and some. He a brother from a different mother. pic.twitter.com/dnjhnXvwqu

— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) September 15, 2024

Those adjacent to the digital media sphere licked our... er, their collective chops.

an entire generation of content generators leaping off the wreckage of the Deion Sanders bandwagon onto the Arch Manning train going 75 mph in the opposite direction

— Matt Hinton (@MattRHinton) September 15, 2024

Some recalled Peyton's past praise of his nephew's athleticism.

“My dad's speed and athletic ability skipped a generation. He can run, he can move”

Peyton Manning on Arch Manning last week on the Pat McAfee show

pic.twitter.com/kWmFEodF0p

— LandonTengwall (@landon_tengwall) September 15, 2024

Familiar comparisons to past quarterback controversies flew.

Arch manning and Quinn Ewers https://t.co/Hww4T5MXJt pic.twitter.com/31ZTE0gAjO

— shaya- https://arab.org/click-to-help/palestine/ (@shayasilbers1) September 15, 2024

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