The hype surrounding Texas quarterback Arch Manning is nearing unbelievable levels, some warranted, and some unjustified heading into the 2025 college football season. Once hyped up as one of the greatest high school quarterback recruits of all time, the expectations were set incredibly high well before Manning stepped foot in Austin, Texas.

Not Cam Newton, Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow, Trevor Lawrence, or Baker Mayfield. None of those names are the best quarterback since Tim Tebow in 2006, according to Paul Finebaum. No, that would be Arch Manning,

There is an incredible amount of excitement for the first full season of Arch Manning starting at quarterback for the Texas Longhorns. The hype around him has only grown, and he even recently drew an interesting comparison from Paul Finebaum to Tim Tebow.