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Quinn Ewers got the chance to go to the NFL instead of transferring from Texas Longhorns To further his college football career.
Ewers saw it slip from last week’s middraft prediction to the final round. Miami Dolphins Ewers selected in the seventh round. He will likely have to fight Zack Wilson for his backup quarterback job.
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Texas Longhorns quarterback Quin Awers (3) will throw the ball ahead of the College Football Playoff Quarter Final on December 30, 2024 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The Longhorns will perform the Arizona Sun Devils at the Peach Bowl on New Year’s Day. (via Saladi Gins/American Stateman/USA Today Network Imaging Images)
The former Texas star and his agent, Ron Slavin, have been opened Go to ESPN For a talk about his draft slide. Slavin made clear what they think as hours and minutes were ticked during the draft. He said he thought Ewors would have a good chance to land on the second day with the Raiders and Seattle Seahawks in Las Vegas.
Slavin said he spoke to two teams before the seventh round began – the Dolphins and the Dallas Cowboys. That’s when Miami finally took him. Slavin told ESPN he reached out from “half of the league” to see why his client was projected from round four to round seven.
“They thought he was his third or fourth pick, but the name was too big to be a clipboard holder,” he said. “I think this is a chicken…”
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Quin Awers #3 of the Texas Longhorns will throw the ball against the Clemson Tigers in the first quarter in the first round of the playoffs at Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium, held in Austin, Texas on December 21, 2024. (Jack Gorman/Getty Images)
Ewers said they’ll use the draft as a little fuel.
“That’s definitely a lot of motivation that comes with it, especially it was just the last (quarterback) draft,” Ewers said. “I still have high expectations of myself, but it’s the first time in my life that I’ve never had that much to look outside. There’s definitely motivation and fuel. A lot of that.”
Ewers was one of the top quarterbacks in high school when he first committed to Ohio State. He transferred to Texas before the 2022 season, where he spent the rest of his career.
Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Awers warms up while the Texas Longhorns prepare to play the Clemson Tigers in the first round of the college football playoffs. (via Saladi Gins/American Stateman/USA Today Network Imaging Images)
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He had 3,472 yards and 31 touchdown passes in 2024. The Longhorns have reached the college football playoffs, Ohio In the semi-finals.
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