Steve Sarkisian provides update on Quinn Ewers following injury vs. Houston

Texas will be driving home to Austin letting out multiple sighs of relief, escaping Houston with a close win. Everyone was holding their breath when Quinn Ewers went down with an injury and Maalik Murphy had to take but. But with a win now wrapped up, all attention is shifted toward the starting quarterback’s health.

Steve Sarkisian provided an update on Ewers during his postgame press conference. He confirmed his shoulder was the issue and the quarterback tried to get back on the field. There was no specific diagnosis at this point, with more coming in the foreseeable future.

“Quinn (Ewers) has a hurt shoulder,” Sarkisian said during his postgame press coference. “We’ll know tomorrow. He tried to play through it.”

Ewers was having an efficient day against Houston before going down with his injury, completing 23 of 29 passes for 211 yards and two touchdowns. It’s another building block off his solid performance against Oklahoma despite coming out of Dallas with a loss. Moving the ball down the field has not been Texas’ problem this season.

The injury occurred when Ewers was out of the pocket scrambling, attempting to pick up a first down. He lowered his shoulder into a Houston defender — who was also shaken up on the play. Ewers just did not come off the field until Texas kicked a field goal and was evaluate on the sideline.

Five games remain in regular season for Texas

Texas is going to be hoping Ewers does not miss a significant amount of time with the shoulder injury. It would be something they have dealt with in the past, with a similar situation unfolding last season. Sarkisian had to go three games without Ewers in 2022, with Hudson Card taking over.

However, Card had experience in the past being a starting quarterback for Texas. He was the guy heading into the 2021 season before going back and forth with Casey Thompson. Card filled in admirably, going 2-1 with him.

Sarkisian will have a different scenario this year if Ewers has to sit out. Murphy has been the backup all season but did not play significant snaps in a college game until Saturday. Then there is true freshman Arch Manning, likely the person Texas fans are going to want to see.

A decision will not be made until there is an official diagnosis of Ewers. An important week is ahead of Texas before facing off against BYU next week.