Quinn Ewers is passing up on some big bucks to enter the 2025 NFL Draft. The now former Texas quarterback turned down an $8 million NIL offer to transfer to another school to play his final season of NCAA eligibility, 247Sports reported on Thursday. The report did not name which school made the offer.
Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers will declare for the 2025 NFL Draft, he announced Wednesday. The decision ends his career with the Longhorns and clears the way for Arch Manning to start in 2025. Ewers came to Austin as a transfer from Ohio State with tremendous hype as the first perfectly-rated quarterback in the 247Sports Composite since Vince Young.
In an interview with ESPN before the Cotton Bowl, Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers was asked what he hopes his legacy with the program will be. "A great teammate
Ewers became one of just four quarterbacks to lead the Longhorns to a Big 12 Championship alongside Young, McCoy, and James Brown. By getting the Horns to an SEC Championship in their first year in the conference, Ewers became the first-ever Texas quarterback to lead his team to back-to-back conference title games.
Ewers went 21-5 as a starter the last two years and to two CFP semifinal appearances. In his career, he led Texas to wins at Alabama and at Michigan, led them to the Big 12 title
After bringing Texas football back into relevance, quarterback Quinn Ewers declared for the 2025 NFL draft on Wednesday.
After three years with the Texas football team, quarterback Quinn Ewers is moving on. On Wednesday, Ewers announced that he is declaring for the 2025 NFL draft. The decision became public in a video posted to his Instagram and X accounts. Pro Football Focus currently rates Ewers as the No. 7 quarterback in the 2025 draft class.
This is Quinn’s team and he’s proven it time and time again. Ewers is 27-8 as Texas' starter ... for quarterback starts behind McCoy and Vince Young. Are the Horns on a date with destiny?
But Howard has the benefit of someone like true freshman sensation Jeremiah Smith, who had 12 catches for 145 yards and 2 touchdowns in those spots (he’s also No. 4 in FBS with 349 receiving yards on all 3rd-down situations). Compare that to Notre Dame’s leader in those situations, Mitchell Evans, who had 6 catches for 86 yards.
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Drew Allar’s stock has risen for Penn State as the Nittany Lions have advanced to the semifinals, and Quinn Ewers was lauded for leading Texas to a gritty win over Arizona State earlier Wednesday.