Texas starting quarterback Quinn Ewers will not play on Saturday against Mississippi State, the school announced, meaning redshirt freshman Arch Manning will make his second career start in the Longhorns’ SEC opener.
Ewers has been recovering from a strained oblique suffered in the second quarter of Texas’ Sept. 14 win against UTSA.
Ewers was listed as questionable when the SEC released its daily availability report on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday night.
Texas is off next week and faces Oklahoma in the annual Red River rivalry on Oct. 12 in Dallas.
Manning had an up-and-down performance in his first start last week, completing 15 of 29 passes.
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