Being the quarterback at the University of Texas comes with some of the largest expectations in college football, especially when you consider that the once dominant program is on a quest to return to that form.
The Longhorns’ current signal caller Quinn Ewers may have the biggest expectations of any Texas quarterback dating back to Colt McCoy. The former five-star recruit and No. 1 overall recruit took an odd path to Austin after skipping his senior year of high school to enroll at Ohio State. Ewers opted to transfer to Texas after one season in Columbus.
His first season at Texas started with a bang as Ewers looked like a generational talent for the first quarter against Alabama, but injury and accuracy issues plagued him the rest of the season.
He finished the year with a little over 2,000 yards passing 15 touchdowns to six picks, and had many people wondering if Texas should turn back to Hudson Card. There became so much speculation of whether or not he’d remain the starter that people around the country pondered the thought of incoming five-star Arch Manning overtaking him for the starting job.
However, that didn’t happen as Ewers has appeared to have a different mindset heading into his second season as a Longhorn. There were overreactions to him cutting his mullet as people viewed that as him becoming an adult, but more important reports and rumors have indicated that he has changed how he attacks being the quarterback at Texas.
In a recent tweet by Oranegbloods’ Anwar Richardson, it was revealed that Ewers is continuing to improve upon himself this offseason gaining more muscle.
I was told Texas QB Quinn Ewers continues to kill it this offseason. One source described Ewers as “shredded” after seeing him recently and said the quarterback has a six-pack. In addition, Ewers currently weighs 210 pounds (he was listed at 204 during the spring game). pic.twitter.com/DxJb9zQdKz
— Anwar Richardson (@AnwarRichardson) June 11, 2023
Based on reports like this and what we saw from Ewers in the spring game where he looked more confident and consistent than any other time in a Texas uniform, the Longhorns may finally have their guy at quarterback after years of misses.