Quinn Ewers
 Ewers in 2024 | |
| Texas Longhorns – No. 3 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class |  |
| Major | Physical Culture and Sports |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | March 15, 2003 San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| Bowl games | |
| High school | Carroll Senior (Southlake, Texas) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Quinn Tucker Ewers (YOU-ers; born March 15, 2003) is an American football quarterback for the Texas Longhorns. He was a member of the Ohio State Buckeyes as a freshman and transferred to the University of Texas at Austin.
Early life
[edit]Ewers was born on March 15, 2003, in San Antonio, Texas.[1] He spent his early years in Pleasanton, Texas, before his family moved to Southlake, Texas when he was eight.[1][2] Ewers attended Carroll Senior High School, where he played football under coach Riley Dodge and also previously played baseball.[3] As a sixth grader, he was offered a football scholarship by Graham Harrell.[4] As a sophomore, he completed 291 of 402 passes for 3,998 yards with 45 touchdowns against three interceptions.[5] Ewers and Southlake Carroll advanced to the Texas 6A Division I quarterfinals before being defeated by Duncanville.[6] Ewers finished his junior season with 2,442 yards and 28 touchdown passes in eight games, missing six games due to injury, as Carroll advanced to the 6A Division I Texas State Championship Game before losing to Westlake High School led by fellow five star recruit and future Clemson quarterback Cade Klubnik.[7][8] Following the season, he participated in the 2021 Elite 11 competition, but only managed sixth place in the competition.[9][10][11]
Going into his senior year, Ewers was considered by multiple outlets to be the top overall recruit in the 2022 recruiting class.[12][13][14] Ewers initially committed to the Texas Longhorns in August 2020, where he would have been the first quarterback since Vince Young to receive a perfect 1.000 247Sports composite rating.[15] Ewers would later decommit from the Longhorns in October, before committing to play for the Ohio State Buckeyes in November 2020.[16]
College career
[edit]Ohio State (2021)
[edit]Ewers officially enrolled at Ohio State in August 2021 and joined the team for preseason training camp.[17] Ewers made his debut on November 20, 2021 against the Michigan State Spartans, taking two snaps at the end of the game in the Buckeyes' win.[18][19]
Texas (2022–present)
[edit]In December 2021, Ewers announced that he was transferring to the University of Texas to play for the Longhorns.[20] He was named the Longhorns' starting quarterback entering the 2022 season.[21] During the 2023 Big 12 Championship Football Game, Ewers set the record for most passing yards in a single conference championship game for the Big 12 Conference, and was named MVP for the conference title.[22]
Statistics
[edit]| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| Ohio State Buckeyes | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Texas Longhorns | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | 6–4 | 172 | 296 | 58.1 | 2,177 | 7.4 | 15 | 6 | 132.6 | 24 | −52 | −2.2 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 10–2 | 272 | 394 | 69.0 | 3,479 | 8.8 | 22 | 6 | 158.6 | 59 | 75 | 1.3 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 9–2 | 233 | 352 | 66.2 | 2,665 | 7.6 | 25 | 9 | 148.1 | 42 | -62 | -1.5 | 1 | |
| Career[23] | 34 | 33 | 25–8 | 677 | 1,042 | 65.0 | 8,321 | 8.0 | 62 | 21 | 147.7 | 125 | -39 | -0.3 | 7 | |
Personal life
[edit]Ewers is a Christian.[24] He was the first amateur athlete to sign a name, image, and likeness (NIL) deal worth over $1 million.[25] Ewers was one of the cover athletes for EA Sports College Football 25 along with Donovan Edwards and Travis Hunter.[26]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Burke, Monte (August–September 2021). "The Lone Star State's Latest Football Phenom". Garden & Gun. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ Craven, Mike (December 30, 2023). "Quinn Ewers' journey to Texas was bumpy, but he's right where he always wanted to be". Dave Campbell's Texas Football. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
- ^ Gossett, Bria (October 17, 2019). "Quarterback Quinn Ewers leading Southlake Carroll to hot start in sophomore season". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
- ^ Yum, Caleb (October 5, 2023). "5 things to know about Texas QB Quinn Ewers, including his 6th grade scholarship offer". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
- ^ "Southlake Carroll QB Quinn Ewers tabbed as No. 2 recruit in the nation for Class of 2020". The Dallas Morning News. March 22, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
- ^ Poff, Zack (December 8, 2019). "Top 25 Texas high school football playoff scores: No. 1 Duncanville beats No. 3 Southlake Carroll to advance to semifinals – MaxPreps". MaxPreps.com. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ Spangler, Lizzy (February 3, 2021). "Quinn Ewers Named No. 1 Recruit For 2022 By 'DMN'". SouthlakeStyle.com.
- ^ Means, Stephen (March 4, 2021). "In Quinn Ewers and Cade Klubnik, Ohio State football and Clemson again find quarterbacks linked by history: Buckeyes Recruiting". Cleveland.com.
- ^ Means, Stephen (April 23, 2021). "How the Elite 11 quarterback competition is shaping Ohio State football's 'QBU' aspirations". Cleveland.com. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
- ^ Young, RJ (June 28, 2021). "After spurning Texas, Ohio State star recruit Quinn Ewers is ready to rule Elite 11". Fox Sports. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
- ^ Garcia, Zach Goodall and John Jr. "Elite 11: SI All-American's Composite Ranking of the 20 QBs". SI All-American. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- ^ "2022 Top Football Recruits". 247Sports. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ "ESPN Football Recruiting – 300 Player Rankings". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ "2022 Rivals250 Prospect Ranking". n.rivals.com. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ "Another high school QB is leaving early to cash an NIL check". MSN. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
- ^ "Quinn Ewers, Southlake Carroll, Quarterback". 247Sports. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ Rabinowitz, Bill (August 15, 2021). "Five-star QB Quinn Ewers enrolls at Ohio State, is officially on football team". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
- ^ Landis, Bill (November 20, 2021). "Ohio State dominates Michigan State; C.J. Stroud throws six touchdown passes in 56–7 win". The Atlantic. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
- ^ Lind, Andrew (December 3, 2021). "Ohio State Quarterback Quinn Ewers To Enter Transfer Portal". Buckeyes Now. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
- ^ VanHaaren, Tom (December 12, 2021). "Former 5-star recruit Quinn Ewers will join Texas football as transfer QB, have four years of eligibility". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
- ^ Rittenberg, Adam (August 19, 2022). "Quinn Ewers named starting quarterback for Texas Longhorns football". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
- ^ Smith, Corey (December 2, 2023). "5 takeaways from Texas vs. Oklahoma State: Quinn Ewers' historic day in Big 12 title win". Dallas News. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
- ^ "Quinn Ewers College Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
- ^ Doering, Joshua (September 12, 2023). "Texas QB Quinn Ewers praising the Lord as he leads No. 4 Longhorns: 'God is so good'". Sports Spectrum. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
- ^ Harrison, Phil (August 31, 2021). "Quinn Ewers cashes in on NIL autograph deal worth over $1 million". Buckeyes Wire. USA Today. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
- ^ Rittenberg, Adam (May 16, 2024). "Hunter, Ewers, Edwards share video game cover". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 16, 2024.