With Texas Longhorns redshirt junior quarterback Quinn Ewers back on the Forty Acres to finally live where his feet are to continue living out his lifelong dream of playing in burnt orange and white while positioning himself for the 2025 NFL Draft, one critical storyline the Southlake Carroll product faces is whether his production and on-field accomplishments will finally match the recruiting rankings that once assessed him as the best quarterback prospect evaluated during the modern era.
The projections remain high for Ewers as a professional prospect — Dane Brugler of The Athletic currently ranks him as QB2 behind Georgia’s Carson Beck for next season, but anonymous coaches who spoke to Bruce Feldman, also of The Athletic, remain more skeptical of Ewers.