Steve Sarkisian labels Quinn Ewers 'day-to-day' after throwing football

Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers is continuing to make progress as he works his way back from a shoulder injury.

Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian said Monday that Ewers is “day to day” and threw the ball Monday morning, according to Gerry Hamilton of On3.

Quinn Ewers has been out since getting injured on Oct. 21 against Houston with an AC joint sprain in his right shoulder.

So far this season, the sophomore has passed for 1,915 yards and 13 touchdowns, with three interceptions.

Texas is 8-1 on the year and beat Kansas State 33-30 this past weekend. The Longhorns have turned to Maalik Murphy at quarterback with Ewers out. Murphy was 19-for-37 passing for 248 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions last weekend against the Wildcats.

Sarkisian said following the win over Kansas State on Saturday that Ewers was making progress.

“Quinn’s update, you know, he’s moving in the right direction,” Sarkisian said postgame. “How quickly, I don’t exactly know yet. I know this much, our team is fighting through a lot of stuff from an injury standpoint. We didn’t have Christian Jones all day today. Kelvin Banks went down Hayden Conner had to go to tackle, you know, Ethan Burke was out, he was back in. You know, Kitan Crawford wasn’t able to go today.

“So I think that speaks to the depth of this team. And it’s one thing to have depth. It’s another to have the depth and those guys being prepared to play not only for themselves, but the coaches having faith in them to do that.”

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Steve Sarkisian is hopeful that if Quinn Ewers is unable to play this weekend, Maalik Murphy will perform better.

“And so, again, one of the strengths of this team is our depth and quarterback is no different,” Sarkisian said. “Hopefully we can get Quinn back. In the meantime, we’re gonna try to pour into the things that Maalik continues to do well, and then try to work on some of the issues there and take care of the ball.”

Ewers was solid in his second year with Texas prior to the injury. He had 1,915 yards, 13 touchdowns, three interceptions and a 70.9% completion percentage, well ahead of his 2022 stats.

To wrap up the season, Texas heads to TCU, is at Iowa State and then hosts Texas Tech before conference championship weekend.

At 8-1, the hope is Ewers is back before the end of the regular season and he’s able to go for a potential Texas Big 12 Championship Game. After all, the Longhorns have College Football Playoff aspirations.

Seemingly to have their best shot, Ewers needs to be healthy. Murphy filled in valiantly, but the former five-star prospect is Texas’ biggest key.