Steve Sarkisian labels Quinn Ewers 'a G' after Peach Bowl win

Texas QB Quinn Ewers is a real one according to his head coach.

Steve Sarkisian spoke about Ewers after helping the Longhorns to another victory with a double-overtime outcome for them yesterday against Arizona State in the Peach Bowl. Simply put, Ewers is as good as it gets.

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“Quinn’s a G, man,” Sarkisian said postgame. “Like, he is.”

Ewers was 20-30 (66.7%) in passing for 322 yards, three touchdowns, and an interception against the Sun Devils. It was the second-most passing yards of his season while being tied for this second-most passing score. He also rushed for a score as well.

Ewers and their offense started well as he got 77 of those yards on his first two completions of the game as Texas went up at 7-0. Then, after a lull through the middle of the game, he rushed for a score to give them their largest lead of the game before throwing a game-tying touchdown on fourth down to end the first overtime and then throwing another, as well as the two-point conversion, on the very next snaps to open the second overtime, which would give the Longhorns the win in the end.

Ewers has had to deal with a lot of highs as well as a lot of lows this fall. Still, he never wavers in those waters, which allows Sarkisian to rely on him in any given game.

“Like, like, I know he doesn’t always exude that, like, in his body language and his demeanor because – I say it about him, about this all the time. Like, he’s a steady sea,” said Sarkisian. “He never gets really high. There’s flashes of that emotion. He never gets too low. Sure, there’s moments of frustration that we all have. But the guy recalibrates so quickly and he’s so calm that, um, it allows me to lean on him, you know, in the most critical moments, especially tonight, man.”

“The run game was tough. We didn’t want to get behind the sticks. We went into overtime thinking we’ve got to throw it to win, you know,” Sarkisian said. “As much as I wanted to run to win? These guys will tell you. I was telling them last night. I felt like, in that moment, we had to throw it to win and we had to get the ball in the end zone. You know, I just didn’t want to settle for another field goal. We had to go score.”

Ewers’ play determines much in how well the Longhorns perform and, in turn, how they can contend in the playoff. They’ll now need that ‘G’ to show up at quarterback again as they advance into the semifinals of the CFP.