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Quinn Ewers says he played ‘two, maybe three games’ healthy for Texas in 2024
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Quinn Ewers, by most metrics, had a down year in 2024. His completion rate was lower than what it was in 2023 when Texas made the 4-team College Football Playoff. His yards-per-pass clip dropped, too. His QBR was lower. His interception rate was higher.
Despite all that, Texas still found itself playing in the SEC Championship Game and eventually made it back to the CFP semifinals. Ewers just never looked quite right after an injury in the UTSA game knocked him out of the lineup for several weeks.
When he spoke with reporters on Friday at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Ewers said the injury nagged him all year.
“The oblique (injury) started popping up on me the Monday after we played Michigan and I just kind of thought it was a little tweak,” he said, per On Texas Football’s CJ Vogel. “Throughout practice, it got worse and worse and worse, and then obviously it just kind of popped against UTSA.
“I’d probably say I played 2 games, maybe 3 games healthy. Counting the first 2 and then maybe 1 in between the ankle and the oblique.”
That confirms a report that came out earlier this week from NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero that suggested all the same things. Pelissero reported that Ewers suffered a torn oblique but was fully healthy and eager to throw at the Combine.
Asked on Friday if the injury was a partial tear or a complete tear, Ewers kept his answer vague.
“They labeled it as a sprain,” Ewers said with a grin. “It didn’t feel like just a sprain.”
Once he returned from the injury, Ewers re-entered the starting lineup and led Texas to 6 wins in 7 games to close out the regular season. Ewers threw for a season-best 358 yards in the SEC title game defeat to Georgia. Then, in the CFP quarterfinal win over Arizona State, Ewers completed 20 of his 30 passes for 322 yards and 3 scores.
He ended the season with 3,472 passing yards and a career-high 31 touchdowns. But he also threw 12 interceptions and was sacked 31 times.
Prior to the season, Ewers was viewed by some as a potential first-round NFL Draft pick. Now, he’s the No. 9 quarterback in Mel Kiper Jr.’s positional rankings for the Draft. He’ll have plenty to prove this weekend at the Combine. Quarterbacks are scheduled to work out on Saturday, beginning at noon.
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