Brian Kelly blames Steve Sarkisian for Arch Manning’s struggles

Arch Manning has struggled this season for the Texas Longhorns.

Many anticipated him to be a Heisman Trophy candidate. Many have talked about him because the presumptive No. 1 total choose of the 2027 NFL Draft.

As an alternative, Texas is a disappointing 4-2, contemplating the expectations, and Manning has thrown for simply 1,295 yards and 11 touchdowns with 5 interceptions. His common passer ranking of 145.24 is ninth amongst all SEC quarterbacks. His completion share of 63.9 is tenth.

He is had three pricey turnovers within the final two video games, which, not coincidentally, had been losses to Oklahoma and Florida. It is not been good, and redshirt freshman KJ Lacey Jr. is reportedly getting extra reps with the primary workforce in apply because of this.

It is not all Manning’s fault, although. That is a minimum of based on longtime head coach-turned-commentator Brian Kelly, who positioned some blame on the ft of Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian.

“I believe it’s on the play-caller,” Kelly stated on SiriusXM (h/t On3). “I believe the play-caller takes loads of the accountability. Look, he’s your quarterback. They’re not going again. I imply, they’re not going to bench him except there’s only a complete meltdown. Look, Josh Heupel is doing it at Tennessee, enjoying nice protection, working the soccer, and … he’s performed two redshirt freshman quarterbacks, and so you’ll be able to’t inform me you could’t match this offense to Arch Manning.”