Why Quinn Ewers is poised to be top five quarterback in college football during 2023 season
The 2023 season is a pivotal one for the Texas Longhorns. Not only is it the team’s final season in the Big 12 Conference, but many speculate it could be the last with Quinn Ewers under center.
The hype is real in Austin, and Ewers has a lot to do with it. Even On3’s JD PicKell is buying into it, tabbing Ewers as the No. 3 quarterback in college football when the 2023-24 season is all said and done.
“There has been no one that has been as critical of [Quinn Ewers] inconsistencies as yours truly,” PicKell said. “But the degrees of separation from Ewers being a top-five quarterback in college football and not being a top-five quarterback in college football. I don’t think the separation is that far.
“We saw Quinn Ewers play at a top-five level at times, did we not? The game against Alabama … In that first half, and at that moment, the entire country was saying, ‘Oh my gosh, Quinn Ewers and Texas are about to beat Alabama,’ then he gets hurt and the game gets totally flipped on its side. For that moment, Quinn Ewers lived up to the billing that he had as a recruit.”
Ewers’ strongest performance, which PicKell pointed out, was during the Longhorns’ 49-0 beatdown of Oklahoma in 2022. The former five-star recruit finished the game completing 21-for-31 passes while throwing for 289 yards, four touchdowns and an interception. PicKell called it the strongest performance from a Texas QB since Colt McCoy was on the Forty Acres.
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Ewers had an up-and-down first year in Austin as he passed for 2,177 yards and 15 touchdowns in 10 starts. Texas finished 6-4 in Ewers’ 10 starts, but the Longhorns and Ewers are expected to be improved this year.
“There are no questions about the tools. There are no questions about what he has under the hood — we’ve seen him do it,” PicKell said. “We’ve seen him do it and Steve Sarkisian said at Big 12 media day, if we’re supposed to do as a team — if Quinn Ewers does what he’s supposed to do — then yeah, he’ll probably live up to that first-round projection as an NFL quarterback.”
After opening the season against Rice on Sept. 2, the Longhorns will have a chance for redemption and to put the nation on notice when they travel to Tuscaloosa for a rematch against Alabama. A victory in T-Town would change everything for Texas.