Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers has some lofty expectations to meet as a Longhorn.
Quinn Ewers is already viewed as the savior in waiting for Texas, although he hasn’t attempted a pass at the collegiate level yet
The Longhorns have been in a decade long battle against mediocrity, chasing the ghost of what was once a program at the top of the college football world. Steve Sarkisian is the third coach to attempt to revive the program, and his first season as the head coach in Austin did not go nearly as expected.
Texas finished the season 5-7, and one of the biggest disappointments on the season was how inconsistent the quarterbacks were. An issue that Longhorns fans figured would evaporate when Sarkisian set foot on campus.
Texas now has another quarterback battle on their hands heading into the 2022 season, but this time one of the quarterbacks competing for the starting job held the highest ranking possible as a recruit. Ohio State transfer Quinn Ewers, who decided to forgo his senior season of high school, is expected to be the one to bring Texas back to national relevancy.
Outlets like Bleacher Report believe he has a chance to shock the world in 2022. Here is what they said about Ewers and the expectations surrounding him:
Texas redshirt freshman quarterback Quinn Ewers has no shortage of hype.
After he flipped from the Longhorns to Ohio State in 2021 and then headed back home in December, everybody is expecting him to be coach Steve Sarkisian’s starting signal-caller.
As a matter of fact, last year’s starter—Casey Thompson—transferred to Nebraska. He probably saw the writing on the wall, even though Hudson Card stayed and will battle for the job.
Ewers was a 5-star recruit and a 5-star transfer, and he has the full package. But after he failed to beat out C.J. Stroud for Ohio State’s starting job, he wasn’t going to sit in Columbus and wait his turn when the future could be now back home.
With elite receivers around him such as Xavier Worthy, Jordan Whittington and transfer Isaiah Neyor, as well as running back Bijan Robinson, the weapons are there. Ewers reportedly already has made an impression on coaches, per Orangebloods, and he has a terrific skill set that includes ample size (6’3″, 206 lbs), an exceptional arm and athleticism.
Everything is in place for Ewers to have the kind of debut everybody expected when he came out of high school. Just because it’s a year later than we thought and it isn’t for the team he originally chose doesn’t mean he won’t be a star.
Ewers will still have to beat out Hudson Card, which at this point is starting to feel like a formality. He has already seemed to have won over the locker room in his short time on campus, and now just has two win the starting job in the eyes of Sarkisian. If he is even as half as good as advertised, he will be the best quarterback Texas has had since Colt McCoy.
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