A few weeks into the college football season, everything seemed to point to it being the Texas Longhorns‘ year. Having been 19 years since their last national title, Longhorns fans were dreaming of big things given the wins they were racking up with such a talented roster on both sides of the ball. But the quarterback position ended up being one of their downfalls.
Quinn Ewers came into the season with a lot of momentum following a strong 2023, but it was clear that his flaws were being magnified throughout the entire 2024 season. Texas’ offense sputtered way too often, particularly over the latter half of the season. Calls for Arch Manning never subsided, and the team’s season came to a screeching halt with Ewers being unable to lift up the team. Given everything that happened, Ewers decided to declare for the 2025 NFL Draft this week.
Coming back for another season at Texas wasn’t really an option due to Manning’s presence, but a transfer to another school was. It would have given Ewers more time to refine his craft, as draft analysts aren’t totally sold on his skills.
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Will Quinn Ewers’ injuries make him fall in 2025 NFL Draft?
But going beyond his quarterbacking talent, some analysts are more concerned about his injury history. CBS Sports’ Ryan Wilson thinks he needs to prove he can stay healthy in order to fulfill his potential.
He had a high ankle sprain late this season. He had the oblique injury earlier in the season. We saw a handful of games from Arch Manning. The lack of consistency, and the inability to stay on the field because of health issues, are what ultimately led to the conversations we had about maybe Quinn Ewers should return to school… Rick Spielman says this all the time: If you’re injury prone, historically you remain injury prone. So, hopefully, that’s not the story that Quinn Ewers has to look forward to.
Wilson believes Ewers he’s a Day 2 prospect in a “best-case” scenario, and thinks he could fall as far as Day 3 if teams have more concerns than even he does.
NFL teams have historically been cautious with players who come into the league with extensive injury histories. Ewers’ injuries weren’t major, but NFL front offices don’t like seeing players miss time, especially quarterbacks.