Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers’ college football career will end with the conclusion of this campaign. He told ESPN Friday night that he anticipates playing in the NFL next season.
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In an interview with ESPN’s College GameDay prior to Texas’ appearance in the College Football Playoff semifinals on Friday, Ewers responded in the affirmative when he was asked if he was going to play in the National Football League next season.
Ewers couched his comments by saying, “We’ll see.” However, he added that he didn’t expect to play college football next season.
Sources close to Ewers indicated to the network the “overwhelming likelihood” is that Ewers will forego his senior season in college and declare for the 2025 NFL draft.
Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers told ESPN’s @PeteThamel that he expects to enter the NFL draft whenever Texas’ 2024 season ends.https://t.co/xii9LMMtws
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 11, 2025
He devised a plan in 2023 for him to leave after that season. However, he got hurt during the season, and the plan was shelved.
Ewers could not hit 25 starts, which is the standard body of work the NFL likes to see, which could hurt his long-term development, according to the report by ESPN.
Ewers is a fourth-year senior who began his career at The Ohio State University. He skipped his senior year of high school and went to the Buckeyes as a youngster.
He played sparingly for the Buckeyes his freshman season. He has gone 27-8 overall in his Longhorns career. Texas will face his former team Friday night in the Cotton Bowl for the right to play the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for the national championship on Jan. 20.
For his career, Ewers has thrown for 8,845 yards, 66 touchdowns, and completed 65.1% of his passes.
Unsubstantiated rumors had circulated that a school was willing to pay Ewers $6 million for next season. He told ESPN it never happened.
“Haven’t even paid attention to it,” he said. “I’m not really sure what’s goin’ on.”
According to ESPN, one NFL executive predicted that Ewers falls outside of the Top 100 picks in the NFL Draft, right now, but he has a chance to help himself during the process by working out for coaching staffs and meeting with coaches and personnel directors.
“Coaches will likely like him a lot more than scouts,” an NFL executive said to ESPN.
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