Arch Manning identifies which Texas wide receivers have stood out in offseason workouts

Texas is Arch Manning‘s football team this season. Now the full-time starting quarterback for the first time in his three seasons with the program, his famous last name will be all over headlines regardless of how he performs.

With high expectations surrounding the Texas football program this offseason, the Longhorns won’t have players such as Isaiah Bond, Matthew Golden or Silas Bolden to help Manning out wide. Having spent the offseason working with a mostly new group of wideouts, Manning revealed which ones have stuck out to him so far.

“Yeah, they’ve been having a good offseason,” Manning said. “Parker had a really good spring. It’s nice, the addition and then (Ryan) Wingo and (DeAndre Moore) will look good. These young guys have stepped up  Kaliq (Lockett), is looking good this summer, so we’re fired up. We’ve got a young, talented group.”

Wingo is the one player out of the group who is expected to grow into a star for the Longhorns. Him and Manning will make for a strong pairing in Austin this fall. As a true sophomore in 2025, Wingo will build on his freshman stats — 29 receptions, 472 yards and two touchdowns. Whether a breakout season in on the way remains to be seen, but no one would be surprised if Wingo is WR1 on the Forty Acres this fall.

Elsewhere in the locker room, Emmett Mosely, Parker Livingstone, Jaime Ffrench, Michael Terry and Daylan McCutcheon are also young athletes on this year’s Texas roster would could make an impact down the stretch.

For the first time in a couple of seasons, the Longhorns wide receiving corps aren’t headlining the talk of the Texas offense. To head coach Steve Sarkisian, he’s not worried if his players are getting talked about enough.

“I like that people aren’t talking about our receiver corps like they have in the past,” Sarkisian said, via Greg McElroy’s Always College Football. “It was like ‘Texas’ receivers are the greatest ever!’ Oh my gosh, okay. Let’s tone it down a little. This year’s group is kind of flying under the radar.”

Texas and its new-look offense will kick off the 2025 season on the road against a familiar foe — the Ohio State Buckeyes. After losing the Cotton Bowl in heartbreaking fashion, the Longhorns are looking to spoil the reigning national champions in their season opener. The Buckeyes are early favorites to win the matchup, however, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.