Arch Manning has started only two games in his collegiate career and enters the season opener as the unquestioned starter at Texas for the first time in three seasons.Yet a majority of the talk surrounding the redshirt sophomore coming into the 2025 campaign has focused on his plans for the NFL. And on Tuesday, the third-generation quarterback said he received an apology from the person who most recently fanned those flames.His grandfather.In an article recently published in Texas Monthly, Archie Manning, the patriarch of the family that includes Peyton and Eli Manning — Arch’s uncles — predicted his namesake won’t be a one-and-done starter and jump into the 2026 NFL Draft.”Arch isn’t going to do that. He’ll be at Texas,” Archie Manning said.Arch Manning addressed his grandfather’s comments for the first time Tuesday.”I don’t know where he got that from,” the 21-year-old Manning said of his grandpa. “He texted me to apologize about that. I’m really just taking it day by day right now.”Some NFL teams likely already have Arch atop their draft boards. After the 2025 season, he’ll be draft-eligible.