Quinn Ewers

American football player (born 2003)

Quinn Ewers
Ewers with Texas in 2024
Texas Longhorns – No. 3
PositionQuarterback
Class
Redshirt
Redshirt
Junior
MajorPhysical Culture and Sports
Personal information
Born: (2003-03-15) March 15, 2003 (age 21)
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career history
College
Bowl games
  • 2022 Alamo Bowl
  • 2024 Sugar Bowl
High schoolCarroll Senior (Southlake, Texas)
Career highlights and awards
  • Second-team All-Big 12 (2023)
  • Stats at ESPN.com

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 Texas in 2022.

Early life

Ewers was born on March 15, 2003, in San Antonio, Texas.[1] He grew up in Southlake, Texas and attended Carroll High School, where he played football under coach Riley Dodge and also previously played baseball.[2] As a sixth grader, he was offered a football scholarship by Graham Harrell.[3] As a sophomore, he completed 291 of 402 passes for 3,998 yards with 45 touchdowns against three interceptions.[4] Ewers and Southlake Carroll advanced to the Texas 6A Division I quarterfinals before being defeated by Duncanville.[5] 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.[6][7] Following the season, he participated in the 2021 Elite 11 competition, but only managed sixth place in the competition.[8][9][10]

Going into his senior year, Ewers was considered by multiple outlets to be the top overall recruit in the 2022 recruiting class.[11][12][13] 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.[14] Ewers would later decommit from the Longhorns in October, before committing to play for the Ohio State Buckeyes in November 2020.[15]

College career

Ohio State (2021)

Ewers officially enrolled at Ohio State in August 2021 and joined the team for preseason training camp.[16] 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.[17][18]

Texas (2022–present)

In December 2021, Ewers announced that he was transferring to the University of Texas to play for the Longhorns.[19] He was named the Longhorns' starting quarterback entering the 2022 season.[20] 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.[21]

Statistics

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 0 0 0–0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Career[22] 23 22 16–6 444 690 64.3 5,656 8.2 37 12 147.4 83 23 0.3 6

Personal life

Ewers is a Christian.[23] He was the first amateur athlete to sign a name, image, and likeness (NIL) deal worth over $1 million.[24] Ewers was one of the cover athletes for EA Sports College Football 25 along with Donovan Edwards and Travis Hunter.[25]

References

  1. ^ Burke, Monte (August–September 2021). "The Lone Star State's Latest Football Phenom". Garden & Gun. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Spangler, Lizzy (February 3, 2021). "Quinn Ewers Named No. 1 Recruit For 2022 By 'DMN'". SouthlakeStyle.com.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "2022 Top Football Recruits". 247Sports. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  12. ^ "ESPN Football Recruiting – 300 Player Rankings". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  13. ^ "2022 Rivals250 Prospect Ranking". n.rivals.com. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  14. ^ "Another high school QB is leaving early to cash an NIL check". MSN. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  15. ^ "Quinn Ewers, Southlake Carroll , Quarterback". 247Sports. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  16. ^ "Five-star QB Quinn Ewers enrolls at Ohio State, is officially on football team". The Columbus Dispatch. August 15, 2021. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ Lind, Andrew (December 3, 2021). "Ohio State Quarterback Quinn Ewers To Enter Transfer Portal". Buckeyes Now. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ Rittenberg, Adam (August 19, 2022). "Quinn Ewers named starting quarterback for Texas Longhorns football". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  21. ^ "5 takeaways from Texas vs. Oklahoma State: Quinn Ewers' historic day in Big 12 title win". Dallas News. December 2, 2023. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  22. ^ "Quinn Ewers College Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  23. ^ 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.
  24. ^ 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.
  25. ^ "Hunter, Ewers, Edwards share video game cover". ESPN.com. May 16, 2024. Retrieved May 16, 2024.

External links

  • Quinn Ewers on X
  • Texas Longhorns bio
  • Ohio State Buckeyes bio