Texas Longhorns star quarterback Quinn Ewers is reportedly "week to week" with an abdominal strain, according to Pete Thamel of ESPN, though the injury "isn't as serious as initially feared."

Ewers, who suffered the injury during Saturday's 56-7 win over UTSA, doesn't have a "set timetable for a return, but [there is] optimism after consulting with doctors the last 24 hours," per Thamel's report.

Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian told reporters after the game that Ewers suffered a non-contact abdominal injury and the severity "remains to be seen."

"Because Quinn's been through it and because those other injuries he got with the shoulder were so structural and they were contact-type injuries, I think he's probably in a little bit better spirit," he added. "But we've got to do everything in our part to get him as healthy as we can as quickly as possible."

Thamel noted that Ewers is unlikely to play this upcoming Saturday against Louisiana-Monroe, which would mean Arch Manning would get his first career college start.

He certainly looked the part on Saturday, throwing for 223 yards and four touchdowns while adding a 67-yard touchdown scamper.

For most teams, losing a three-year starter like Ewers—who is a potential Heisman candidate and first-round NFL prospect—would be devastating. But Manning is a former top overall high-school recruit and arguably the most talented backup quarterback in college football, so the Longhorns shouldn't miss a beat if Ewers misses significant time.

"We practice the toughest stuff we have, because we never know when one of those guys has to go in," Sarkisian said of Manning's preparedness heading into Saturday. "We expose him to so much that I don't feel like I'm handcuffed when Arch is in the game. He's been running these plays all week long. We've identified some of the things that we think he does well and that he said he does well, and we just went and played offensive football."

It appears he'll be asked to do so for at least another game or two, if not longer.