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Surprising Report About Quinn Ewers Injury Comes to Light

According to a surprising report, it appears that there was more to Quinn Ewers' injury than was initially revealed.
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Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers (3) leaves the game early in the second quarter of the Longhorns' game against the UTSA Roadrunners
Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers (3) leaves the game early in the second quarter of the Longhorns' game against the UTSA Roadrunners | Sara Diggins/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

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It appears that Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers was dealing with more than initially thought.

Last season, it was well documented that Ewers was dealing with injuries for most of the season, the most notable of which was an oblique issue that was initially reported to have occurred in the team's Week 3 matchup vs. UTSA in Austin.

However, according to reports from NFL Network's Tom Pelissero ahead of the NFL Scouting Combine, Ewers was actually injured one week earlier in the Longhorns' Week 2 win over Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Trainers tend to Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers (3) during the game against UTSA
Trainers tend to Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers (3) during the game against UTSA | Aaron E. Martinez/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

"I'm told that (Ewers) is fully recovered now from a torn oblique that he played with basically this entire season," Pelissero said. "It happened in the Michigan game. It got worse over the course of time, but he is healthy now. His weight is up to about 215 pounds."

It is still unclear exactly at what point in the game Ewers suffered the injury vs. the Wolverines. That said, he finished the day with one of his most impressive performances of the season, completing 24 of 36 passes for 246 yards and three scores.

It now stands to reason that Ewers was knocked out of the game vs. UTSA after attempting to play through the injury, and either being unable to do so or re-aggravating it in the first half.

He ended his career at Texas ranking third in school history in passing yards with 9,128 and third in passing touchdowns with 68. He also holds the 3rd and 4th highest single-season passing yard totals in school history (3,479 in 2023 and 3,472 in 2024) and the third most passing touchdowns in a single season (31 in 2024).

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MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Texas Longhorns On SI and Texas A&M Aggies On SI and a long-time member of the Football Writers’ Association of America. He graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry in 2014, covering the Dallas Mavericks and SMU Mustangs with 247Sports. He then moved to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, eventually taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of the Longhorns and Aggies sites a year later. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels, including Twitter on @MattGalatzan.

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