Report: Quinn Ewers narrows transfer destination to two, decision date set

Former five-star Ohio State quarterback Quinn Ewers will visit Texas this weekend, as he has narrowed his search for a new school down to the Longhorns and Texas Tech.

Per On3’s Gerry Hamilton, Ewers recently eliminated TCU from his list, and sources believe he could decide his next destination by Monday. The former No. 1 overall player in the 2021 class according to the On3 Consensus Rankings was spotted in Lubbock on Sunday.

Ewers is intimately familiar with the Texas program, as he was once committed to the Longhorns. The high-level prospect has NFL aspirations, so interest in playing under offensive guru and Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian is unsurprising.

Per Justin Wells of Inside Texas, upon hearing the news Ewers was in the transfer portal, Sarkisian immediately went to Southlake Carroll (Texas) High School to visit with Ewers and his parents. The meeting lasted at least three hours.

The Dallas native, who left high school a year early to enroll at Ohio State, took just two snaps for the Buckeyes this season before electing to enter the transfer portal. Current quarterback and Heisman finalist C.J. Stroud will be in Columbus for at least one more year, so Ewers likely would not have gotten much playing time.

According to Hamilton, name, image and likeness opportunities are likely not a factor driving Ewers’ decision; he has reportedly already made in the in excess of $1 million from previous partnerships. Ewers just wants to see the field as soon as possible, making a Texas team that dealt with uncertainty at the quarterback position this season a prime destination.

Ewers had a ‘hard’ time adjusting in Columbus

The 6-foot-2, 200-pound true freshman did not have a smooth transition to college at Ohio State according to his former head coach, Ryan Day.

“I think he would tell you that it’s been hard for him,” Day said. “Kind of jumping into this thing during the preseason, and then being out for a bit of a stretch. We’re trying to get him as much information as we can, but there’s a lot of catching up to be done there.

“He’s trying, he’s working at it but once we get to the season, it’s hard to catch guys up and get them reps because we need to get the guys reps who are going to be in the game.”

Ewers’ decision came the same week Ohio State’s third-string quarterback Jack Miller also entered the transfer portal, leaving Stroud and Kyle McCord as the two scholarship quarterbacks on the Buckeyes’ roster.