For Steve Sarkisian and the Texas Longhorns, there was only one — Arch Manning.
As part of an exhaustive recruiting effort spearheaded by Sark and quarterbacks coach AJ Milwee, the Texas staff put all of their chips on the table for just one quarterback in the 2023 class.
It was truly Arch or nothing.
Texas had no backup plan if Manning took his talents to the defending national champion Georgia Bulldogs — the other frontrunner in a recruitment that ultimately became a tightly-contested two-horse race — but in the end, they didn’t need one.