In March, a number of images of college football players and coaches from CFB26 leaked, but Manning and Texas coach Steve Sarkisian were not among them. On Monday, Sarkisian revealed he and Manning opted not to attend the photo shoot at the Rose Bowl for the game.

Steve Sarkisian at the @HoustonTDClub says he and Arch Manning opted not to attend the photo shoot at the Rose Bowl for College Football Playoff 26. Other players and coaches were featured in leaked images. Fans had plenty of reactions to the Texas duo not joining the festivities.

Steve Sarkisian shared that he and QB Arch Manning chose not go to the photoshoot for the cover of EA Sports College Football 26 at The Rose Bowl. That comes a year after QB Quinn Ewers made the '25 cover alongside Colorado’s Travis Hunter and Michigan’s Donovan Edwards.