Transfer Portal: Quinn Ewers to Texas

Quinn Ewers is headed back home to play for the Texas Longhorns.

Author:
Marc Miceli
Publish date:
Dec 14, 2021 8:57 AM EST

Coming out of high school, Southlake (Texas) Carroll native Quinn Ewers had numerous offers from programs like Alabama, Texas, Ohio State, Georgia, and Michigan. In his sophomore and junior seasons, Ewers threw for a combined 6,445 yards, 73 touchdowns, and eight interceptions.

Ewers was a five-star recruit who originally was committed to playing football at Texas in October 2020. However, Ewers ended up decommiting from Texas and graduated high school in three years to enroll at Ohio State to start his college football career earlier. He also signed a NIL deal for a $1.4 million deal with GT Sports Marketing.

In June, a video surfaced of Ewers making a sidearm throw that many including the NFL’s Twitter compared to Patrick Mahomes.

Fast-forward to the end of the college football regular season and Ewers is now transferring back home to the University of Texas. He tweeted his decision on December 12, one day after starting Buckeye quarterback C.J. Stroud finished 4th in the Heisman Trophy vote.

Ewers will now join the Longhorns led by Head Coach Steve Sarkisian, with four years of eligibility left. The current quarterbacks on the Longhorns roster include junior Casey Thompson and redshirt freshman Hudson Card. They have a hard commitment from high school senior Maalik Murphy.

Thompson was the starter from the Longhorns and he finished this season with 2,113 yards, 24 touchdowns, nine interceptions, and completed 63.2% of his passes.

Ewers will compete to be Coach Sarkisian’s starting quarterback next season. An important fact to remember is that Coach Sarkisian served as the offensive coordinator for Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban last year when they won the National Championship.

During his time with the Crimson Tide, Coach Sarkisian led an explosive offense that finished second in the country in points per game and fourth in total yards. If Ewers and the Longhorns can emulate the success that Coach Sarkisian had with the Crimson Tide, Ewers’ name could be called at next year’s Heisman Trophy Ceremony.

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