The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
No. 14/14/13 Football’s Manning named Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award semifinalist
12.04.2025 | Football
The honor recognizes the top offensive player in college football either from or in the state of Texas.
AUSTIN, Texas – No. 14/14/13 Texas Football sophomore quarterback Arch Maning was named one of 22 semifinalists for the 2025 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, the Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce and SPORTyler announced Thursday.
Last season, former Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers and tight end Gunnar Helm were recognized as semifinalists. In 2023, former Longhorn running back Jonathan Brooks was selected as a finalist for the award while running back Bijan Robinson was also named a finalist for the honor in 2022. Running back D'Onta Foreman took home the award in 2016.
The award, which is named after 1977 Heisman Trophy winner and Longhorn Legend Earl Campbell, is given annually to the top offensive player in the FBS who also exhibits the enduring characteristics that define Campbell – integrity, performance, teamwork, sportsmanship, drive, community and tenacity. In addition, it is limited to players who were born in the state of Texas, attended a high school in Texas or attended a Texas junior college or university.
Manning is a third-year player who has played in 24 career games with 14 starts and is 11-3 as a starter. Manning has started in all 12 games this season and has led Texas to a 9-3 record, including three AP Top 10 victories – the most of any FBS team since the 2019 LSU Tigers. The Longhorns are the only team in the nation with two wins over opponents currently ranked in the CFP Top 10. Manning ranks second in the SEC and 10th in the FBS in points responsible for with 198 on the season. The New Orleans native's 24 passing touchdowns this season also rank fourth in the SEC.
A first-year starter, Manning has completed 227-of-370 passes (61.4 percent) for 2,942 yards and 24 touchdowns. Manning also ranks second on the squad with 83 carries for 244 yards (2.9 ypc) and eight scores. Manning has three games this season with at least 300 passing yards and three touchdown passes without an interception. That is tied for the most such games by any Power Conference quarterback this season (Baylor's Sawyer Robertson & Ohio State's Julian Sayin) and is the most in a season by a Longhorn since Major Applewhite in 1999. In the Cotton Holdings Lone Star Showdown vs. No. 3/3/3 Texas A&M, Manning recorded 232 yards of total offense and two touchdowns, including a 35-yard, game-sealing touchdown run in the fourth quarter to clinch the 27-17 win over the Aggies. In that game, Manning completed 14-of-29 passes for 179 yards and a score through the air while adding seven carries for 53 yards (7.6 ypc) and a touchdown on the ground. In Texas' 52-37 victory at home against Arkansas on Nov. 22, Manning matched his career high with six total touchdowns en route to earning National Player of the Week praise from the Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Award, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award and the Associated Press. Manning was 18-of-30 for a career-high 389 yards and four passing touchdowns in Texas' 52-37 home win vs. Arkansas on Nov. 22. Manning matched his career and season highs in touchdown passes with four on the day. Manning also accounted for a three-yard rushing touchdown and a four-yard touchdown reception. Manning became the first Texas quarterback with a passing, rushing and receiving touchdown in the same game since Bobby Lane did in 1946. Manning also became the first SEC quarterback to accomplish that feat in a game since Dak Prescott did in 2014. It made Manning the second SEC player this century with multiple passing touchdowns, a rushing touchdown and a receiving touchdown in a game with the other being South Carolina's Connor Shaw in the 2013 Capital One Bowl, and the first FBS player with that since Florida State's Jordan Travis in 2022. Manning became the first FBS player with 300 pass yards, three pass touchdowns, one rush touchdown and one receiving touchdown in a game since Texas State's Tyler Jones in 2016. The only other power conference players to do that this century are Shaw, Kansas State's Josh Cribbs (2003, 2004), Northwestern's Mike Kafka (2009) and Shaw. Manning was just the fourth FBS player this century with at least four pass touchdowns, one rushing touchdown and one receiving touchdown in a single game. The others were Jones, Ohio State's Terrelle Pryor (2010), and North Illinois' Jordan Lynch (2013). Manning is the second Texas quarterback since the beginning of the Big 12 era (1996) with three games of 300 pass yards and three pass touchdowns against conference opponents (Casey Thompson, 2021). On the road at No. 5/5/5 Georgia on Nov. 15, Manning completed 27-of-43 passes for 251 yards and a touchdown. Manning collected his first career SEC Offensive Player of the Week honor on Nov. 3 following his outing in UT's 34-31 win over No. 9/11 Vanderbilt on Nov. 1. Additionally, Manning was named a Manning Award "Star of the Week" for the second-straight week in addition to being listed on the Davey O'Brien Award's "Great 8" list. Manning posted his second-straight game of 300-plus yards passing and three passing touchdowns as he guided the Longhorns to a 34-31 win over the Commodores. It was the first time a Texas quarterback accomplished that in consecutive games since Sam Ehlinger in November 2018. Manning was the fourth UT quarterback to reach both marks in three games in a season since 1999, joining Major Applewhite (1999), Colt McCoy 2009), and Casey Thompson (2021). Overall, Manning connected on 25-of-33 attempts for 328 yards and three touchdowns against Vanderbilt. In the week prior, Manning was named a Manning Award "Star of the Week" on Oct. 27 after his effort in Texas' 45-38 overtime road win at Mississippi State on Oct. 25. Manning completed a career-high 29 passes on 46 attempts (63.0%) for a then-career-high 346 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for a touchdown in Texas' 45-38 overtime win on the road at Mississippi State. Manning led the Longhorns' rally from twice being down by 17 points, including with 26 seconds left in the third quarter and 12:29 to go in the fourth quarter, tying for the seventh-largest comeback win in program history. Manning was stellar in Texas' 26-3 win over Oklahoma on Oct. 11, completing a then-career-high 21 passes (21-for-27) and a score. He also ran four times for 36 yards (8.5 ypc). In Texas' SEC opener at Florida on Oct. 4, Manning went 16-of-29 for 263 yards and two touchdowns while throwing a pair of interceptions. Manning was also Texas' leading rusher, accounting for 300 of UT's 341 yards of total offense. Manning had a strong performance vs. Sam Houston on Sept. 20 to close out non-conference play, completing 18-of-21 passes for a then-season high 309 passing yards and three touchdowns. Manning also added a pair of scores on his legs to account for five total touchdowns and 320 yards of total offense. Against UTEP on Sept. 13, Manning tallied 165 total yards and three touchdowns, becoming the first signal caller to rush for a pair of scores in the first half of a game since Sam Ehlinger accomplished that feat vs. Oklahoma on Oct. 10, 2020. In the home opener vs. San Jose State (Sept. 30), Manning completed 63 percent of his passes for 295 yards (19-of-30), while mounting five total touchdowns. Manning became the fifth Texas quarterback to throw at least four touchdown passes in the first half of a game in the last 30 years, joining Vince Young (Nov. 12, 2005), Sam Ehlinger (Sept. 12, 2020), Casey Thompson (Oct. 9, 2021) and Quinn Ewers (Dec. 2, 2023 & Nov. 9, 2024). In his first career start on the road at No. 3/2 Ohio State in the 2025 season opener on Aug. 30, Manning finished 17-of-30 for 170 passing yards with one touchdown and an interception. Manning also added 38 yards on the ground, accounting for 208 yards of total offense for the Horns.
