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Quinn Ewers has a decision to make after the College Football Playoff. He can either return to play one more year of college football at Texas, enter the transfer portal and finish his career at a third program in five years, or turn pro and enter the NFL Draft.
According to one of his agents, it will not be the second of three options.
Ewers started each of the last three seasons for the flagship university in his home state after a single year at Ohio State. However, Arch Manning is breathing down his neck. The five-star redshirt freshman played in eight games this year, including two starts (with two wins!) due to an injury to Ewers.
Despite the fairly limited sample size, it seems like the first grandson of football is going to be a star. Manning decided to stay at Texas during the offseason and chose not to enter the transfer portal. He and his family were okay if he sat another year behind Ewers to learn and grow. It has worked out well thus far.
A second (really third) college football season as the backup was not part of the plan.
If Ewers decides to come back, Manning might leave. Head coach Steve Sarkisian might want to start Manning over Ewers next year anyway. We don’t know.
We also don’t know what Ewers is going to do. Rumors have swirled over the last few days that he could return to the Big Ten on a $4 million NIL. NFL Rookie Watch, a Dov Kleiman-esque account on X, put some weight behind all of the chatter with a pair of explosive “reports” about the Texas signal-caller’s future plans. “Reports” has quotation marks for a reason because there is no legitimate sourcing.
Quinn Ewers is reportedly “debating” on returning to college football and forgoing the NFL Draft yet again.
However, Texas is reportedly “ready” to move on to Arch Manning next season, which would prompt Ewers to enter the transfer portal.
Many NFL scouts reportedly believe Ewers could “benefit” from another year in college.
Ewers has one more year of eligibility left and it most likely will be spent with another Top-10 team.
The Longhorns QB has a DECISION to make 😳
— NFL Rookie Watch
Luke McMurtrey, an NFL agent with Sportstars Inc., immediately shut it down.
FAKE NEWS, source: Quinn Ewers’ team 🤘
— Luke McMutrey
McMutrey later doubled down when someone pushed back on his response to NFL Rookie Watch.
Put your $ where your mouth is big dog
— Luke McMurtrey (@lukemcmurtrey) December 12, 2024
There you have it! Quinn Ewers is not going to stay in college to play for another top-10 team… for now.