Quinn Ewers is a better quarterback for Texas on the road so far this season. The stats bear it out despite the fact that the Longhorns have faced tougher competition on the road than at home.
Ewers’ road performances from the Alabama and Baylor games were statistically strong. He went 42-for-61 for a 68.8% completion rate with 642 yards and four touchdowns against those two Power Five opponents on the road. That’s championship-level quarterback play that the Longhorns got from the talented signal caller.
At home against Rice and Wyoming, Ewers completed 30 of 51 passes (58.8%) for 391 yards and five touchdown passes. Those simply aren’t winning numbers for Ewers at home no matter how well Wyoming and Rice might fare the rest of the season.
Receivers have played a role in those numbers. The high rate of drops we saw in home games went away against Baylor. The plummeting drop rate against the Bears likely coincides with Ewers throwing more to sure-handed tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders. Sanders has not dropped a pass all season.
Texas might have found a solution to Ewers’ fluctuating completion rate: Get the ball to Sanders. Even so, we would like to see the offense function at a high level at home for the first time in three tries.
Ewers will look to put up the performance he proved capable of against Alabama and Baylor on Saturday. The Longhorns will take on the Kansas Jayhawks at 2:30 p.m. CT.