By: Michael Higgins

School: Texas

Class: Redshirt Junior

Position: QB

HT: 6’2

WT: 210 lbs

Background: Quinn Ewers has had a lot of eyes on him since he first started playing football. A lot of pressure has come with his success throughout his football career. Ewers was the highest ranked high school player ever. Ewers is from Southlake, Texas and attended Carroll High School. Ewers received every possible nomination that you could imagine. He was an All-American, All-District MVP, and won a Texas 6A Division 1 championship with Carroll. He was selected to compete in the 2022 All-American Bowl. Being the highest ranked recruit in the history of the sport while also going into a new era of college football with NIL deals, Ewers was in a unique position. Out of high school, Ewers committed to Ohio State, knowing they had CJ Stroud.

College: He sat behind Stroud for a season before transferring to Texas for the following season. Ewers has dealt with a variety of injuries throughout his football career and his first season with Texas was no different. He saw limited action due to a shoulder injury that derailed the Longhorns’ season and championship hopes. Ewers was an All-SEC Second Team selection in 2024, and was named a Phil Steele 4th Team All-American. Ewers led the Longhorns to two playoff appearances during his time with the university.

Strengths: Quinn Ewers showed an increased ability to scramble when the pocket collapsed in the 2023 season. This is largely due to the fact that he cut over 20 pounds from the end of the 2022 season to the beginning of 2023. Ewers was a part of a Texas offense that used plenty of screens in the passing game. While it was successful for them, it gave us a smaller sample size in terms of what Ewers can do with his arm. Perhaps Ewers’ greatest strength is his pocket presence and ability to remain calm as he maneuvers within the pocket. He does not panic and abandon his protection prematurely. Instead, as if he has eyes all around his head, he waits for the play to develop as he progresses through his reads and only scrambles outside of the pocket if he senses pressure. Quinn has no problem making the right decision, which is easier said than done for many draft prospects. He lets the game come to him and he does not force any big throws in an effort to prove himself. While he does that, he also has had many impressive big throws that show just how much arm talent he has. Whether he is under pressure, throwing across the field, or across his body, Ewers can make the throw.

Weaknesses: The main negative in Ewers’ game is that he does not have the arm strength to throw the ball 40+ yards downfield on a rope. On those deep passes, Ewers often gets too much hangtime on the football, resulting either in his receiver having to slow down and come back to the football or the defensive back making a play on it. Additionally, similar to quite a few players in this class, Ewers has problems with consistently using proper mechanics on every throw.

Conclusion: Ewers proves to be a sure fire top 5 quarterback in the class and can be a productive starting quarterback for a franchise. He is extremely coachable and if he works on his mechanics, he will have very few holes in his game.

Scheme Fit: West Coast

Ideal Role: Developmental QB

Best Team Fits: LAR, NO, PIT

Player Comparison: Ryan Tannehill

Player Grade: Round 3 (76.4)