Texas reveals Arch Manning’s current status for Week 10 showdown with Vanderbilt
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With Texas‘s season seemingly hanging in the balance when it hosts Vanderbilt on Saturday, the Longhorns still don’t know whether or not they will have Arch Manning lining up behind center.
The first-year starter suffered a concussion during overtime of Texas’ 41-34 road win over Mississippi State last weekend, and he was quickly examined and deemed unable to return.
Now with questions under center, the Longhorns will look to continue their tightrope act with zero margin for error, and a battle-tested Vanderbilt squad comes to town looking to avenge last year’s 27-24 defeat.
Ahead of the ranked clash, the SEC’s weekly availability report was released, and Manning appeared under the ‘questionable’ designation along with three other Texas players.
After a sluggish start to the season that included dismal performances against Ohio State, UTEP and Florida, Manning had begun to find his rhythm in recent weeks. The former blue-chip recruit struggled on the road against Kentucky, but strong showings against Oklahoma (166 passing yards, 34 rushing yards, 1 TD, 0 INT) and most recently Mississippi State (346 passing yards, 4 total TDs) sandwiched that game.
If Manning is unable to give it a go, Troy transfer Matthew Caldwell will likely take over behind center. Caldwell threw the game-winning touchdown to beat the Bulldogs in overtime last Saturday.
Parker is currently the sports editor for the Enterprise-Journal in McComb, Mississippi. He's a graduate from Mizzou who has experience covering the Tiger football and basketball beats for SB Nation, and he's worked for a variety of sports news outlets in the past.
