NFL insider reveals why Quinn Ewers must brace for major 2025 NFL Draft movement on eve of first round
The 2025 NFL Draft process has been kind to the likes of Jaxson Dart and Tyler Shough, but Texas' Quinn Ewers was unable to parlay his career into a crescendoing arc as he enters the NFL. Objectively, it's hard to say that Ewers was a bust with the Longhorns. While he might have been a […]
The 2025 NFL Draft process has been kind to the likes of Jaxson Dart and Tyler Shough, but Texas' Quinn Ewers was unable to parlay his career into a crescendoing arc as he enters the NFL.
Objectively, it's hard to say that Ewers was a bust with the Longhorns. While he might have been a tad overrated as the highest-rated quarterback recruit ever out of high school, Ewers' natural talent and consistency brought the Longhorns to the brink of two National Championship runs.
Unfortunately, all of that has not given Ewers the type of momentum needed to earn high draft capital in the 2025 NFL Draft.
Instead of being a late first-round prospect, he's now hoping to land as a top-100 selection. As more data rolls in each week from NFL teams and mock draft experts, his average draft spot is the 99th pick, per NFL Mock Draft Database.
The news gets ever worse for Ewers as NFL insiders have done heavy legwork entering the draft. Yahoo's Charles Robinson reported Ewers is rated as low as QB7 on some team's boards and could be a fifth-round pick.
Here's his full report.
I think the quarterback spot has some big variance based on a multitude of factors, but the QB stack for most teams is in this order: Miami's Cam Ward, Colorado's Shedeur Sanders, Louisville’s Tyler Shough, Ole Miss’s Jaxson Dart and Alabama's Jalen Milroe. Interestingly, quite a few teams have Syracuse quarterback Kyle McCord ahead of Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers in their stack, with Ewers assessed as a fourth- to fifth-round prospect. That surprised me after seeing some mock drafts with Ewers coming off in the second round.
Despite completing 64.9% of 1,135 passes for 9,128 yards, 68 touchdowns, and 24 interceptions over three seasons, Ewers is viewed as a developmental option for the middle rounds. The 99th pick falls at the end of the third round into the compensatory pick range.
For quarterbacks, this is a dangerous pigeonhole. Teams aren't invested enough to roster a struggling young passer for long, and usually, their only available way out is to star in the preseason.
There have been some Day 2 stars who outperformed their draft slot in the past, but Ewers never wanted to be a longshot and exception. He was supposed to be a golden child with his elite passing motion and touch.
Instead, his average arm, unreliable reaction to pressure and coverage shifts plagued him. His lack of durability also became an issue over three seasons. It's no surprise teams are shying away from going all-in on Ewers.
None of that means he won't land in a patient environment and improve his footwork, decision-making, and physicality. But it's a tough spot for someone once thought to be a top pick by this point in his career.
