With Sam Ehlinger leading the charge a few seasons ago, Texas was thought to have a very bright group of quarterbacks behind him.
Tom Herman had brought in a slew of quarterbacks with the ability to be a dual-threat at the forefront. Something that current Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian doesn’t utilize nearly as much, if at all.
Ehlinger was a decent passer that rarely made mistakes as he got older, but there was growing excitement as to who Herman would pick as his successor. Unfortunately for Herman, Ehlinger’s last season also happened to be his last as Herman was let go at its conclusion.
Sarkisian inherited a roster with major holes all over it and a very inexperienced quarterback room that clearly didn’t mesh well with his scheme. Something that became evident after hosting a position battle between Hudson Card and Casey Thompson that he didn’t declare a winner for quite some time, and he immediately benched Card for Thompson after one bad game.
When looking around the college football landscape, there are a handful of former Texas quarterbacks that didn’t pan out in Austin that are now starting elsewhere. Let’s take a look at where each of the quarterbacks who are expected to start after transferring.