Heid Manning may have to teach Arch Manning a thing or two about microwaves while they play for the Texas Longhorns.

Manning, the highly touted quarterback from the famed Manning family, said Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian played a key role in his decision. “Coach Sark just told me to be myself and be a leader and work hard, and it’ll all work out,” Manning said.

The Manning family is known as a factory for great football talents and minds, especially at the quarterback spot, but it takes time for them to rise into stardom. Arch Manning may be getting all these NIL deals and fame but his father posits that the real challenge has yet to come.

Texas football quarterback Arch Manning turned a lot of heads with a viral windmill dunk as the program enters a new era

Cooper Manning joked that he spent a lot of time at Children's Hospital New Orleans with his son, Texas quarterback Arch Manning, on the night it was renamed Manning Family Children's.

Arch Manning's dad Cooper joined the Dan Patrick Show to talk about how he parented the Texas football QB in the NIL era.

Arch Manning will be the most talked-about quarterback in college football next season. With the Texas Longhorns entering their second year in the SEC, Manning is stepping into the spotlight as the program's next starting quarterback in 2025.