Scouting Profile: Quinn Ewers - QB - Texas
Sales Pitch: Productive collegiate QB with a strong arm. Poor processing skills and decision making when asked to be a dropback passer makes him a Day-3 project backup at best.
*Gold Numbers Indicate NCAA Top-25 for 2024*
*Red Numbers Indicate NCAA Bottom-25 for 2024*
Scouting Report
Quinn Ewers is a former 5-Star and top overall recruit in the nation from the state Texas. He began his career as an early-enrollee at Ohio State before transferring to the University of Texas for the 2022 season. Ewers was extremely productive during his time with the Longhorns, despite missing time in all three seasons. The two time All-Conference signal caller went 21-4 during his final two seasons in Austin, with two College Football Playoff appearances.
Ewers is a functional athlete with a plus NFL arm. His combination of production and team success will check the initial box for most NFL teams that use those metrics. He was at his best when operating on time, within the confines of the Texas’ offense. Ewers is a confident thrower early in progressions, who works through the play exactly how it is drawn on the whiteboard. He shows a quick compact release with solid accuracy in the short to intermediate game. He is a capable distributor who will get the ball into the hands of playmakers in the open field. When the Longhorns dialed up shot plays Ewers showed the arm strength to drive the ball into tight windows down the field and to the sideline. He has a flexibility arm that can alter angles to evade defenders on the move.
Ewers, who possesses below average size and average athleticism for the position, will need to be an above average dropback passer to start at the next level; and quite frankly, he is a far ways away from being at that level. He relied heavily on a well constructed Texas offense with a boat load of playmakers during in college. Few quarterbacks benefitted from play-action more than Ewers in 2024. Over 40% of his dropbacks were classified as play-action and resulted in almost 50% of his total yardage production. Ewers is a below average processor when asked to live as a true dropback passer. He struggles to read defenders leverage and anticipate throws. He has an inconsistent base that is routinely out of the sync with the concept being run. Ewers inability to operate with proper mechanics in the pocket, creates accuracy fluctuations that only get worse the farther downfield he tries to work. His inability to deliver the ball with the proper touch and velocity results in missed throws and puts his receivers bodies in compromising spots over the middle. Ewers lack of trust in his ability to push the ball, led to an increasingly conservative approach that left many easy downfield shots untargeted. He relied so heavily on the structure of the offense, he would often lock into his first read and force balls into harms way. For all Ewers issues with accuracy and footwork, they get even worse under pressure. He is quick to tuck and run when the pocket collapses. His ability to deliver the ball on time and accurately when forced off his spot almost evaporates. Ewers has a physical profile that requires him to operate on time as a passer from within the pocket, and outside of the initial progressions of a schemed up play, he rarely showed the ability to do so.
Ewers profiles best in a quick attack passing offense that uses a heavy dose of play-action. His processing and decision making for a multi-year starter are significantly behind his peers at the position. Ewers plus arm and production should result in at worst a Day-3 selection, but he projects as a backup up with low end starter appeal at best.