Arch Manning injury update: Texas QB's status vs. Vanderbilt revealed on Wednesday availability report

The latest injury report for the Vanderbilt and Texas game was revealed Wednesday, just three days out from their contest. The biggest question had to be the availability of QB Arch Manning.

Manning was placed in concussion protocol after the team’s overtime win over Mississippi State. Available or not, head coach Steve Sarkisian was confident in backup QB Matthew Caldwell as Vanderbilt comes to Austin, Texas.

Below is the full injury report from Wednesday. The No. 9 Commodores take on the No. 20 Longhorns at 12:00 p.m. ET Saturday.

Texas Longhorns

• QB Arch Manning – Questionable
• DB Michael Taaffe– Questionable
• EDGE Lance Jackson – Questionable
• OL Cole Hutson – Questionable
• WR Aaron Butler – Probable

Vanderbilt Commodores

• DL Yilanan Ouattara – Out
• QB Drew Dickey – Out
• RB Chase Gillespie – Out
• DB Vanzale Hinton – Out
• DL Nikhil Jefferson – Out

For the second consecutive week, Texas squeaked out an overtime road victory over a conference opponent. Saturday night, the Longhorns overcame a 31-14 fourth quarter deficit to hold off Mississippi State’s upset bid 45-38 in overtime. Vanderbilt eked out a 17-10 win over Missouri at home to improve to 7-1, with their lone loss coming to Alabama.

Thanks to Caldwell, Texas a game-winning touchdown pass vs. the Bulldogs. Of coiurse on paper, Vanderbilt and Texas have a headline grabbing QB matchup if it’s Diego Pavia vs. Arch Manning.

“He’s a very even-keeled guy,” Sarkisian said of Caldwell. “I think the players have a lot of confidence in him, his maturity, his approach. He’s very engaged even when he doesn’t play. If you ever watched our sidelines in-game, 18 is probably the most engaged player on that sideline. He’s always picking guys up on offense, defense, and special teams. He’s got a really good relationship with the guys, so I don’t think it’s like ‘who is this guy?’ He’s in a lot of faces a lot of the times. It felt very comfortable and felt very normal today.”

With just four games left, Vanderbilt is in prime position near the top of the SEC. Not only that, with the way Lea is coaching them up, the College Football Playoff is certainly a possibility.

With just four games left, Vanderbilt is in prime position near the top of the SEC. Not only that, with the way Lea is coaching them up, the College Football Playoff is certainly a possibility.