The collegiate career of Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers appears to be over. While he has not officially released a statement, in a College GameDay interview with ESPN’s Pete Thamel, Ewers gave a blunt reply when asked if he expected to play college football next year, simply saying, “No, I don’t.”
Ewers started drawing attention in his second year as the starter for the Longhorns, completing 69 percent of his passes for 3,479 yards, 22 touchdowns, and six interceptions and rushing for five more scores. This year, the emergence of sophomore quarterback Arch Manning made it difficult for Ewers to stay on the field.
Manning’s presence combined with some in-season struggles resulted in a bit of a down year for Ewers. Despite the Longhorns reaching the College Football Playoff semifinals, Ewers (3,472 yards, 31 touchdowns, 12 interceptions) was never viewed as a strength on a team that many saw as balanced throughout the roster. At this point, it seems impossible to hold off the advancement of Manning. With the writing on the wall, Ewers doesn’t appear likely to remain in Austin or in college at all.
Following the assumption that Ewers will declare for the draft, it’s hard to determine in which round he’ll fall. The consensus seems to indicate that Miami’s Cam Ward and Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders are the only two passers that are worthy of first-round picks. The importance of the position may push a few fringe players up, though. In rankings from ESPN analysts and The Athletic’s Dane Brugler, Ewers is viewed as a fringe top-five quarterback, making it hard to believe that there will be enough need to push him into the first round, though he could hear his name in the middle rounds.
Here are a few more rumors concerning quarterbacks potentially in the 2025 NFL Draft class:
- Penn State’s Drew Allar has been an intriguing quarterback prospect in scouting circles. After being knocked out of the College Football Playoffs in the semifinals, reports seem to indicate that Allar will return to Happy Valley. Per Brugler, though, there were several in the NFL who believed Allar may enter the draft with a strong playoff run. While the Nittany Lions won two games, Allar only completed 54 percent of his passes for 433 yards, three touchdowns, and an interception in three games. There are certainly fans of Allar in the NFL, but it seems they’ll need to consider him for the 2026 NFL Draft.
- Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated recently gave us a bit of obvious insight in the Titans‘ upcoming decision with the No. 1 overall draft pick. There’s a clear sense that they can’t move forward with only Will Levis as the gameplan at quarterback. This means that Tennessee will be taking a long, hard look at Ward and Sanders. If they don’t like what they see, Colorado athlete Travis Hunter could fill holes on both sides of the ball, or the team may just trade back and make a pick that they believe matches the value of their draft slot.
Allar is awful. Him being a 1st round contender this year speaks to how trash this class is.
I don’t really follow college. Is next year better (2026)? Is Archie legit? You’re my source for this lol
Arch is legit, and Allar is bad. Allar would be smart to go back and try to improve his reading of defenses, accuracy and anticipation. He’s got talent, but very raw right now.
I think he went back
Arch doesn’t make the QB class good. He is the only one worth a damn, Nico was a true freshman for Tenn so not eligible but still needs work.
Beck wasn’t good and doesn’t project to be that good either.
Hackenburg 2.0
Based on his uncles’ experiences, it’s probably a decent bet that Arch Manning wants to start two seasons at UT. NFL seems to value experience amongst college QBs, and the success of Daniels, especially compared to the struggles of Richardson, will only reinforce that bias. Arch should stay two seasons as starter.
It also helps that college players get payed now
Ewers is awful
I thought allar already said he’s going back
Brilliant breakdown from Breer as usual. What a useless tool.
What do you all think about Will Howard? Just looking for opinions.
Kyle McCord will be better than all this garbage.