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Texas quarterback Arch Manning is recovering from foot surgery and claims he's ready for competition. After a rocky start to his first season, he led the Longhorns to a strong finish, throwing 25 touchdowns and rushing for 10 more.
Arch Manning isn’t likely to participate in Saturday’s scrimmage that will bring this year's Texas football spring practices to a close, but he insisted that his surgically repaired foot is 100% and ready for competition if there were a game tomorrow.
Toughness is required in the violent world of college tackle football, but there are other qualities that will serve the Texas quarterback well this fall and in future seasons when he’s starting for an NFL organization.
Arch Manning has undergone foot surgery but stated that his foot is now 100% and ready for competition.
Manning finished his first season with a 10-3 record, throwing 25 touchdowns and rushing for 10 more, making him one of only three Texas quarterbacks to achieve such stats.
Manning struggled during the first half of the season, leading to frustrations as the team faced losses and limited offensive production.
Manning's performance parallels that of Vince Young and Colt McCoy, both of whom also had notable college careers and played in national championship games.

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For some reason, some Texas followers thought the name on the back of his jersey would preclude him from experiencing growing pains in his first season starting. Those same followers must have forgotten the part about there being no sure thing in sports, and even though Manning has a tremendous upside, stepping in for a start or two for an injured Quinn Ewers isn’t the same as taking the field at the beginning of the season with a program’s hopes on your shoulders.
So when the Horns posted a clunker in the 29-21 SEC loss at Florida in their SEC opener, that all but killed the College Football Playoff wiggle room the Horns had left after losing at Ohio State in the opener. Then the Manning-led offense produced only two offensive touchdowns over the next eight quarters. The QB was understandably frustrated.
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It actually showed in some of his game-week interviews when Manning went from a playful, engaging subject to a guy who sounded like he wanted to be anywhere but in a room full of reporters asking about the offense’s latest struggles.
“Kind of the first half of the season, I was pissed,” Manning said Tuesday. “I wasn't playing well, and it wasn't fun for me. And then I kind of sort of said, 'Screw it,' and had a little more fun and started winning some games."
Texas southpaw Dylan Volantis was moved from his Sunday slot to Friday this week, where he will open a pivotal series against Alabama on the bump. I’ve always believed he was an obvious pick for Friday, but coach Jim Schlossnagle is Jim Schlossnagle for a reason. Ruger Riojas has proven himself more than capable of holding it down on Fridays. Now, moving Volantis into this spot may not be permanent. Remember, he didn’t get to pitch over the weekend in College Station because the Sunday finale was rained out. Schloss is taking advantage of an opportunity to get him out right away instead of waiting until Sunday where he would not have pitched for 15 days. With that said, if Volantis goes in and twirls a three-hitter against an Alabama team that’s hitting .256, this won’t be his last Friday start.