Texas QB Quinn Ewers finally ends all the wild speculation and tells ESPN where he sees himself in 2025
In pre-Cotton Bowl interview, Ewers doesn’t see himself playing college football in 2025
Is Quinn Ewers going pro? Is he going to stay at Texas? What about Arch Manning in 2025?
All the speculation about Ewers’ future can finally come to rest.
Ewers told ESPN’s Pete Thamel in a taped pre-game interview before the Cotton Bowl that he doesn’t see himself playing college football next season and will go pro.
Asked if he saw himself playing college football next season, Ewers said, “Nah, I don’t.”
Regarding all the noise surrounding his decision and his future, Ewers said, “I haven’t even paid attention to it. I’m not really sure what’s going on.”
Ewers has seemed more relaxed in the days leading up to Friday's game against Ohio State in the College Football Playoffs semifinals. Maybe it's because he finally got this off his chest.
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People outside the Texas bubble have wrapped themselves in knots trying to figure out what Ewers will or won’t do this offseason. But they haven’t been paying attention. The plan was always for Ewers to play three seasons at UT and then go pro, according to people around the football program.
Some speculated that Ewers would stay in college but transfer to another school. There was a rumored and unsubstantiated offer on the table for Ewers to get $6 million if he’d transfer to this unspecified school.
“I think that’s selfish of me to be even thinking about it or looking at that,” Ewers said at Cotton Bowl media day. “I owe my teammates the best version of me right now. I can’t be looking forward. I’ve got to be locked in on what’s right here.”
Ewers will be a fascinating NFL Draft prospect. Going into Friday’s Cotton Bowl game, he’s 21-4 as a starter the last two seasons, thrown for 8,845 yards with 66 touchdowns and 23 interceptions at Texas. But Ewers has also suffered multiple injuries and never played a full season with the Longhorns.
Still, this will be welcome news to the Manning fans out there who want the talented redshirt freshman to take over. Manning will indeed be the likely starting quarterback when spring practice starts and should start against Ohio State in the 2025 season opener.
But first, Ewers can cement his status as one of the best Longhorns ever by finishing off the College Football Playoffs. His fourth-and-13 touchdown throw against Arizona State is already the stuff of Longhorn legend.
Ewers just has to cap it off with something even bigger against Ohio State and, hopefully for the Horns, Notre Dame.
But fans can stop guessing. Ewers said it himself.
