When Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian entered preseason camp in August, he was hopeful to resolve the quarterback competition between redshirt sophomore Hudson Card and redshirt freshman Quinn Ewers before the second scrimmage.
Sarkisian didn’t want to publicly reveal his timetable in case one quarterback failed to create separation from the other and the race was still tight early last week, the Texas head coach told the media.
But when Sarkisian went to sleep on Thursday night, he was confident he’d reached a decision. On Friday morning, he still felt the same way, prompting a surprise text to a Texas spokesperson during a player media availability revealing that Ewers is the new starting quarterback for the Longhorns.