At some point in the 2025 college football season, QB Cam Ward started to be recognized by the masses as a potential first-round pick. Current Cleveland Browns starting QB Shedeur Sanders entered the season with some hype and questions, while QBs Jaxson Dart and Tyler Shough seemed to come out of nowhere to become considered in the first round of the 2025 NFL draft.

QB Arch Manning entered the 2026 college season with all the hype despite very little production on the field. Multiple early NFL mock drafts had the Browns adding the Texas Longhorns quarterback, who entered the year as the assumed Heisman Trophy favorite.

Shortly before the season started, Arch’s grandfather, Archie Manning, threw cold water on the idea that his grandson would head to the 2026 NFL draft, then Arch’s play on

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