Quinn Ewers injury update: Steve Sarkisian updates Texas QB's health following win
Texas got another blowout win against UTSA on Saturday by a score of 56-7, but it didn’t come without a cost. Starting quarterback Quinn Ewers went down with an injury in the second quarter against the Roadrunners and never returned.
Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian didn’t have much to say postgame on a timetable for Ewers to return, as Texas will evaluate him further this week to determine how serious the injury is. However, he did note that the unfortunate blow allowed backup Arch Manning to earn some reps.
“It’s an oblique strain, an abdomen strain,” he said. “It remains to be seen kind of the seriousness of that and the length of that. We don’t think it’s anything structural or broken or things like that. It was an odd play. But again, that gave an opportunity for Arch to get some valuable playing time and experience.”
Manning, the former No. 1 recruit in the 2023 class, didn’t take long to make an impact on the game once he took over. He threw a 19-yard touchdown on his very first play to DeAndre Moore Jr. and did not look back after that.
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On the ensuing drive, Manning showed that he is more than just an arm talent with a 67-yard scramble for a score. He finished the game 9-of-12 passing for 223 yards and four touchdowns, leaving quite the impression on his head coach.
“For Arch to come in, you never know as a back up when you’re gonna get put in the game,” Sarkisian said. “For him to come in on his first play and hit DeAndre Moore for a touchdown or on his third play to be able to run a little bit of a different style of offense when he’s in there. The zone read to pull it in for the explosive play. Did some nice things for us and extended some drives on third down. So that was great experience for him that he got.”
At the very least, the play from Manning today gives Texas the confidence that he can hold things down until Quinn Ewers is fully recovered from his injury. We’ll await further updates this week to find out exactly when that might be.
Texas next faces Louisiana-Monroe at 7 p.m. CT next Saturday.