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Arch Manning is gearing up for his first season as the starting quarterback for Texas. It’s also a golden opportunity for Manning to begin racking up NIL opportunities.
Early Tuesday, Uber introduced a new option with the launch of a feature delivered by Waymo. That feature is the use of autonomous cars in and around the city of Austin, and Uber enlisted the help of the Manning family to announce the launch.
Arch is featured but is joined by his father and grandfather, Cooper and Archie Manning. Archie, the elder Manning, is quizzed about his use of computers and cell phones growing up in a previous era while Cooper gives Arch flack about some parking tickets.
“Arch, do you Uber to class?” quizzed Cooper. “Because I notice you get a lot of parking tickets. You must be driving somewhere.”
Here’s the ad with 3 generations of Manning’s involved:
As the grandson of Archie Manning and the nephew of Peyton and Eli, Arch Manning has always possessed elite NIL potential for companies. That potential only increases as the new starter for the Longhorns.
Head coach Steve Sarkisian essentially confirmed that piece of Texas Longhorn news in February, admitting it would “be pretty tough to say” Manning would not open the 2025 season as the starter. Sarkisian also described Manning as “ready for the moment” moving into 2025.
Paul Harvey lives in Atlanta and covers SEC football.
