Quinn Ewers
{{Short description|American football player (born 2003)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Quinn Ewers
| image = Quinn Ewers College Football 25.png
| alt =
| caption = Ewers with the Texas Longhorns in 2024
| current_team = Miami Dolphins
| number = 14
| position = Quarterback
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|3|15}}
| birth_place = San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 214
| high_school = Carroll Senior {{nowrap|(Southlake, Texas)}}
| college = {{ubl|Ohio State (2021)|Texas (2022–2024)}}
| draftyear = 2025
| draftround = 7
| draftpick = 231
| pastteams =
- Miami Dolphins ({{NFL Year|2025}}–present)
| status = Active
| highlights =
| statseason = 2025
| statweek =
| statlabel1 = Passing attempts
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| statlabel2 = Passing completions
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| statlabel3 = Completion percentage
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| statlabel5 = Passing yards
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| statlabel6 = Passer rating
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| statlabel7 = Rushing yards
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| statlabel8 = Rushing TDs
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| pfr = EwerQu00
}}
Quinn Tucker Ewers ({{Respell|YOO|ərs}}; born March 15, 2003) is an American professional football quarterback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Texas Longhorns. Ewers was selected by the Dolphins in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL draft.
Early life
Ewers was born on March 15, 2003, in San Antonio, Texas.{{Cite web |last=Burke |first=Monte |date=August–September 2021 |title=The Lone Star State's Latest Football Phenom |url=https://gardenandgun.com/feature/the-lone-star-states-latest-football-phenom/ |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Garden & Gun}} He spent his early years in Pleasanton, Texas, before his family moved to Southlake, Texas, when he was eight.{{Cite web |last=Craven |first=Mike |date=December 30, 2023 |title=Quinn Ewers' journey to Texas was bumpy, but he's right where he always wanted to be |url=https://www.texasfootball.com/article/2023/12/31/quinn-ewers-journey-to-texas-was-bumpy-but-he-s-right-where-he-always-wanted-to-be?ref=article_preview_img |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=Dave Campbell's Texas Football}} Ewers attended Carroll Senior High School, where he played football under coach Riley Dodge and also previously played baseball.{{Cite web |last=Gossett |first=Bria |date=October 17, 2019 |title=Quarterback Quinn Ewers leading Southlake Carroll to hot start in sophomore season |url=https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/dfwvarsity/prep-football/article236315613.html |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=Fort Worth Star-Telegram}} As a sixth grader, he was offered a football scholarship by Graham Harrell.{{Cite web |last=Yum |first=Caleb |date=October 5, 2023 |title=5 things to know about Texas QB Quinn Ewers, including his 6th grade scholarship offer |url=https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/longhorns/football/2023/10/05/5-things-to-know-about-texas-longhorns-quarterback-quinn-ewers-steve-sarkisian-college-football/71070991007/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=Austin American-Statesman |language=en-US}}
As a high school sophomore, he completed 291 of 402 passes for 3,998 yards with 45 touchdowns against three interceptions.{{Cite web |date=March 22, 2020 |title=Southlake Carroll QB Quinn Ewers tabbed as No. 2 recruit in the nation for Class of 2020 |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/high-school-sports/football/2020/03/22/southlake-carroll-qb-quinn-ewers-tabbed-as-no-2-recruit-in-nation-for-class-of-2022-other-locals-make-ranked-list/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=The Dallas Morning News}} Ewers and Southlake Carroll advanced to the Texas 6A Division I quarterfinals before being defeated by Duncanville.{{Cite web |last=Poff |first=Zack |date=December 8, 2019 |title=Top 25 Texas high school football playoff scores: No. 1 Duncanville beats No. 3 Southlake Carroll to advance to semifinals – MaxPreps |url=https://www.maxpreps.com/news/W6q0aX7Z6EWcu2YWJJ2U2w/top-25-texas-high-school-football-playoff-scores--no-1-duncanville-beats-no-3-southlake-carroll-to-advance-to-semifinals.htm |access-date=July 30, 2021 |website=MaxPreps.com |language=en}} Ewers finished his junior season with 2,442 yards and 28 touchdown passes in eight games, missing six games due to injury, as Carroll advanced to the 6A Division I Texas State Championship Game before losing to Westlake High School led by fellow five star recruit and future Clemson quarterback Cade Klubnik.{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Lizzy |date=February 3, 2021 |title=Quinn Ewers Named No. 1 Recruit For 2022 By 'DMN' |url=https://www.southlakestyle.com/dragon-pride/fall/quinn-ewers-named-%E2%80%98dallas-morning-news%E2%80%99%E2%80%99-no-1-recruit-for-20/ |website=SouthlakeStyle.com}}{{Cite web |last=Means |first=Stephen |date=March 4, 2021 |title=In Quinn Ewers and Cade Klubnik, Ohio State football and Clemson again find quarterbacks linked by history: Buckeyes Recruiting |url=https://www.cleveland.com/osu/2021/03/in-quinn-ewers-and-cade-klubnik-ohio-state-football-and-clemson-again-find-quarterbacks-linked-by-history-buckeyes-recruiting.html |website=Cleveland.com}} Following the season, he participated in the 2021 Elite 11 competition, but only managed sixth place in the competition.{{Cite web |last=Means |first=Stephen |date=April 23, 2021 |title=How the Elite 11 quarterback competition is shaping Ohio State football's 'QBU' aspirations |url=https://www.cleveland.com/osu/2021/04/how-the-elite-11-quarterback-competition-is-shaping-ohio-state-footballs-qbu-aspirations.html |access-date=April 27, 2021 |website=Cleveland.com}}{{Cite web |last=Young |first=RJ |date=June 28, 2021 |title=After spurning Texas, Ohio State star recruit Quinn Ewers is ready to rule Elite 11 |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/quinn-ewers-texas-ohio-state-rj-young-college-football |access-date=June 29, 2021 |website=Fox Sports}}{{Cite news|last=Garcia|first=Zach Goodall and John Jr.|title=Elite 11: SI All-American's Composite Ranking of the 20 QBs|url=https://www.si.com/college/recruiting/football/elite-11-2021-final-composite-rankings-cade-klubnik|access-date=2021-08-29|website=SI All-American|language=en}}
Going into his senior year, Ewers was considered by multiple outlets to be the top overall recruit in the 2022 recruiting class.{{Cite web |title=2022 Top Football Recruits |url=https://247sports.com/Season/2022-Football/CompositeRecruitRankings/?InstitutionGroup=HighSchool |access-date=July 30, 2021 |website=247Sports |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=ESPN Football Recruiting – 300 Player Rankings |url=http://africa.espn.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/playerrankings/_/view/rn300/sort/rank/class/2022 |access-date=July 30, 2021 |website=ESPN.com}}{{Cite web |title=2022 Rivals250 Prospect Ranking |url=https://n.rivals.com/prospect_rankings/rivals250/2022 |access-date=July 30, 2021 |website=n.rivals.com}} Ewers initially committed to the Texas Longhorns in August 2020, where he would have been the first quarterback since Vince Young to receive a perfect 1.000 247Sports composite rating.{{Cite web |title=Another high school QB is leaving early to cash an NIL check |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/another-high-school-qb-is-leaving-early-to-cash-an-nil-check/ar-AAO5o3v?li=BBnb7Kz |access-date=September 4, 2021 |website=MSN |language=en-US}} Ewers would later decommit from the Longhorns in October, before committing to play for the Ohio State Buckeyes in November 2020.{{Cite web |title=Quinn Ewers, Southlake Carroll, Quarterback |url=https://247sports.com/Player/Quinn-Ewers-45572600/ |access-date=July 30, 2021 |website=247Sports |language=en-US}}
College career
=Ohio State (2021)=
Ewers officially enrolled at Ohio State in August 2021 and joined the team for preseason training camp.{{Cite web |last=Rabinowitz |first=Bill |date=August 15, 2021 |title=Five-star QB Quinn Ewers enrolls at Ohio State, is officially on football team |url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/sports/2021/08/15/ohio-state-football-qb-quinn-ewers-has-enrolled/8143186002/ |access-date=August 21, 2021 |website=The Columbus Dispatch}} Ewers made his debut on November 20, 2021 against the Michigan State Spartans, taking two snaps at the end of the game in the Buckeyes' win.{{cite web |last1=Landis |first1=Bill |title=Ohio State dominates Michigan State; C.J. Stroud throws six touchdown passes in 56–7 win |url=https://theathletic.com/news/ohio-state-dominates-michigan-state-cj-stroud-throws-six-touchdowns-in-56-7-win/q7LzDD06nTeB/ |website=The Atlantic |date=November 20, 2021 |access-date=December 5, 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Lind |first1=Andrew |title=Ohio State Quarterback Quinn Ewers To Enter Transfer Portal |url=https://www.si.com/college/ohiostate/football/ohio-state-football-report-quarterback-quinn-ewers-to-enter-transfer-portal |website=Buckeyes Now |publisher=Sports Illustrated |access-date=December 5, 2021 |date=December 3, 2021}}
=Texas (2022–2024) =
In December 2021, Ewers announced that he was transferring to the University of Texas to play for the Longhorns.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32856030/former-5-star-recruit-quinn-ewers-join-texas-football-transfer-qb-four-years-eligibility|title=Former 5-star recruit Quinn Ewers will join Texas football as transfer QB, have four years of eligibility|first=Tom|last=VanHaaren|website=ESPN.com|date=December 12, 2021|access-date=August 19, 2022}} He was named the Longhorns' starting quarterback entering the 2022 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34425570/quinn-ewers-named-starting-quarterback-texas-longhorns|title=Quinn Ewers named starting quarterback for Texas Longhorns football|first=Adam|last=Rittenberg|website=ESPN.com|date=August 19, 2022|access-date=August 19, 2022}} During the 2023 Big 12 Championship Football Game, Ewers set the record for most passing yards in a single conference championship game for the Big 12 Conference, and was named MVP for the conference title.{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Corey |date=2023-12-02 |title=5 takeaways from Texas vs. Oklahoma State: Quinn Ewers' historic day in Big 12 title win |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/texas-longhorns/2023/12/02/texas-longhorns-oklahoma-state-quinn-ewers-big-12-championship-game/ |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=Dallas News |language=en}} On January 15, 2025, Ewers announced that he was going to commit to the 2025 NFL draft.{{cite web |title=Quinn Ewers announces intention to enter 2025 NFL draft |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/texas-qb-quinn-ewers-announces-intention-to-enter-2025-nfl-draft |publisher=NFL |access-date=15 January 2025}}
=Statistics=
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| rowspan="2"| Season
! rowspan="2" |Team ! colspan="3" | Games ! colspan="8"| Passing ! colspan="5"| Rushing | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |
| 2021
| 1 || 0 || 0–0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2022
| 10 || 10 || 6–4 || 172 || 296 || 58.1 || 2,177 || 7.4 || 15 || 6 || 132.6 || 24 || −52 || −2.2 || 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 2023
| 12 || 12 || 10–2 || 272 || 394 || 69.0 || 3,479 || 8.8 || 22 || 6 || 158.6 || 59 || 75 || 1.3 || 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 2024
| 14 || 14 || 11–3 || 293 || 445 || 65.8 || 3,472 || 7.8 || 31 || 12 || 149.0 || 57 || -82 || -1.4 || 2 | |||||||||||||||
| colspan="2" | Career{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/quinn-ewers-1.html|title=Quinn Ewers College Stats|website=Sports-Reference.com|access-date=October 18, 2022}} | 37 | 36 | 27–9 | 737 | 1,135 | 64.9 | 9,128 | 8.0 | 68 | 24 | 148.0 | 140 | -59 | -0.4 | 8 |
Professional career
{{NFL predraft
| height ft = 6
| height in = 2 1/8
| weight = 214
| arm span = 30 3/4
| hand span = 9 3/8
| note = All values from NFL Combine{{Cite web |url=https://www.nfl.com/prospects/quinn-ewers/32004557-4541-5291-45fc-144750ad611e |title=Quinn Ewers Draft and Combine Prospect Profile |website=NFL.com |access-date=March 2, 2025}}{{Cite web |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=1055673&DraftYear=2025 |title=Quinn Ewers College Football Profile |website=DraftScout.com |access-date=March 2, 2025}}
}}
Ewers was selected by the Miami Dolphins with the 231st pick in the 7th round of the 2025 NFL draft.{{cite web |title=Dolphins select Quinn Ewers with No. 231 pick in 2025 draft |url=https://www.miamidolphins.com/video/dolphins-select-quinn-ewers-with-no-231-pick-in-2025-draft |website=MiamiDolphins.com |access-date=27 April 2025}}
Personal life
Ewers was the first amateur athlete to sign a name, image, and likeness (NIL) deal worth over $1 million with GTSM Sports Marketing.{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Phil |date=August 31, 2021 |title=Quinn Ewers cashes in on NIL autograph deal worth over $1 million with GTSM Sports Marketing.|url=https://buckeyeswire.usatoday.com/2021/08/31/quinn-ewers-signs-nil-autograph-deal-worth-over-1-million-gtsm-ohio-state-football/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=Buckeyes Wire|publisher=USA Today}} Ewers was one of the cover athletes for EA Sports College Football 25 along with Donovan Edwards and Travis Hunter.{{Cite web |last=Rittenberg |first=Adam |author-link=Adam Rittenberg |date=2024-05-16 |title=Hunter, Ewers, Edwards share video game cover |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/40156723/travis-hunter-quinn-ewers-donovan-edwards-share-ea-sports-cover |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{Twitter|quinnewers}}
- [https://www.miamidolphins.com/team/players-roster/quinn-ewers/ Miami Dolphins bio]
- [https://texassports.com/sports/football/roster/quinn-ewers/11531 Texas Longhorns profile]
- [https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-footbl/roster/season/2021-22/quinn-ewers/ Ohio State Buckeyes profile]
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