Quinn Ewers Declares for 2025 NFL Draft After Texas’ Loss to OSU in CFP Bracket
Let the Arch Manning era begin at Texas, because Quinn Ewers is heading to the next level.
Ewers’ agent confirmed to ESPN’s his client is declaring for the 2025 NFL draft. Ewers also shared a video thanking his Longhorns coaches and teammates while announcing his decision.
Ewers was listed as the eighth-best quarterback in a January of prospects from B/R’s NFL Scouting Department, so he has plenty of ground to cover.
However, he has the opportunity to do just that during the NFL Scouting Combine and predraft process. He could also thrive in those environments, as he has been accustomed to being under the spotlight from an early age.
Ewers was the No. 1 overall player in the recruiting class of 2021, per composite rankings, and chose Ohio State before eventually transferring to Texas ahead of the 2022 season.
While there were some ups and downs at first, he took quite the leap from his first year with the Longhorns—when he completed 58.1 percent of his passes for 2,177 yards, 15 touchdowns and six interceptions—to his second, when he completed 69 percent of his passes for 3,479 yards, 22 touchdowns and six interceptions.
The team also went from 8-5 in 2022 to Big 12 champions and the College Football Playoff in 2023. Even though the Longhorns lost to Washington in that CFP, expectations were sky-high for Ewers and Co. heading into the 2024 campaign.
And he wasted little time delivering on them by throwing for three touchdowns in a road win over the reigning national champions in Michigan in the second game. That put Texas into the CFP discussion for the rest of the season, although Ewers faced some adversity when he missed time with an injury and was then temporarily benched for a stretch during a loss to Georgia after he returned.
Yet he bounced back and impressed from there with a road win over a tricky Vanderbilt team and five touchdowns in a win over Florida that put Texas in position to control its destiny for an SEC title and CFP berth.
It delivered and reached that SEC Championship Game with a victory over rival Texas A&M to close the regular season, although Ewers was inconsistent at best with an interception and lost fumble.
He was also inconsistent in the SEC Championship Game loss to Georgia with one touchdown pass to two interceptions, but the Longhorns still made the CFP as the No. 5 seed.
They advanced to the semifinals in the CFP with victories over Clemson and Arizona State, although their championship aspirations ended against Ewers’ former team when they lost to Ohio State.
Ewers’ future was a talking point going into that game against the Buckeyes, as he sat down with and said “yes” when asked if he believed he will be in the NFL next season.
Even though he couched that by adding, “we’ll see,” he also added that his expectation is he was not going to play in college football any longer.
That raised the question about how his skill set will translate to the next level, and he has proved capable of making throws to all levels and using his mobility to extend plays and stress opposing defenses.
There is still work to be done before solidifying his place in the NFL draft, and he will now focus on doing just that before April.
