Quinn Ewers injury update: Steve Sarkisian offers encouraging news on Texas QB entering College Football Playoff

Texas star quarterback Quinn Ewers has been banged up throughout the 2024 college football season. Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian provided an update on Ewers Friday afternoon on The Paul Finebaum Show.

Sarkisian revealed encouraging news about his quarterback, sharing that he is the healthiest he has been in quite some time.

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“I think Quinn’s a heck of a player. You know, it’s been, I think, a difficult year for him, having the oblique injury early in the season,” Steve Sarkisian said. “He was playing great before that. Coming back from that and getting back to playing the way he’s capable of playing. Getting the ankle sprain, fighting through it.

“And I think there’s something to be said when your starting quarterback shows that toughness and that resiliency and that fighting through when it’s not always easy. … And what that means to his team. So I think it means a ton to our players knowing what Quinn’s been fighting through. He’s healthier today than he’s been in probably over a month.”

The fact that this is the healthiest Quinn Ewers has been in a month is obviously good news for Texas as the College Football Playoff gets underway.

The junior has thrown for 2,665 yards and 25 touchdowns, with nine interceptions, despite missing some time this year. However, in the past two games against Georgia and Texas A&M, Ewers threw two touchdowns, with three picks.

Now healthier, Sarkisian expects him to take his game up a notch against Clemson.

“We’re excited for him to go out and play the way he’s capable of playing,” Sarkisian said.

The good news for Texas is that the Longhorns have arguably the top backup quarterback in the country on their roster. Sarkisian indicated that he certainly isn’t afraid to turn to Arch Manning against Clemson.

“With all that being said, we’re really fortunate, man. Arch Manning is a really good player. And he’s a great teammate. And they’ve got great rapport. And is he a weapon for us? Sure,” Sarkisian said. “There’s a reason I put him in on fourth-and-2 against A&M on the second drive of the game to score. And I put him in last week’s game in overtime.

“So we’ll continue to utilize him that way. But at the end of the day, Quinn’s going to go out, and I think he’s going to play great football. He’s given me no pause to think otherwise by the way he’s practiced this week.”