{"id":2969,"date":"2025-01-15T05:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T05:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2025-01-15T05:25:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T05:25:00","slug":"texas_qb_quinn_ewers_declares_for_the_2025_nfl_draft-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=2969","title":{"rendered":"Texas QB Quinn Ewers declares for the 2025 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers has officially declared for the NFL draft.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedcode\">\n<div class=\"keypointsbox\" style=\"text-align: left; width: 95%;\">\n<hr style=\"height: 2px; border-width: 0; background-color: #042d4d;\"\/>\n<h4 style=\"text-indent: 10px;\"><b>What You Need To Know<\/b><\/h4>\n<h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Ewers is joining\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/tx\/austin\/news\/2025\/01\/13\/longhorns-declare-for-draft\">many other teammates that have declared for the draft<\/a>, including Jaydon Blue, Kelvin Banks Jr. and Hayden Connor<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>There was a question of whether Ewers would opt to continue playing at the college level.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/story\/sports\/college\/longhorns\/football\/2025\/01\/15\/quinn-ewers-nfl-draft-texas-football\/77664190007\/#:~:text=Despite%20a%20report%20that%20he,for%20both%20Ewers%20and%20Texas.\">Reports started circulating<\/a>\u00a0at the end of December about Ewers being offered $6 million in the transfer portal<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Ewers will end his college career with 737 completions, 9,128 passing yards and 68 passing touchdowns\u2013putting him just behind quarterbacks Colt McCoy and Sam Ehlinger in each of those statistics<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>The 2025 NFL Draft begins on April 24 in Green Bay, Wisconsin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h5>\n<hr style=\"height: 2px; border-width: 0; background-color: #042d4d;\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"remove-embeded\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Ewers <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/QuinnEwers\/status\/1879566077887455646\">posted a video on X<\/a> where he reflected on his time at the University of Texas at Austin and announced his next steps.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith prayer and careful consideration, I am officially declaring for the NFL Draft,\u201d Ewers said in the video before a montage of his college highlights.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ewers is joining <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/tx\/austin\/news\/2025\/01\/13\/longhorns-declare-for-draft\">many other teammates that have declared for the draft<\/a>, including Jaydon Blue, Kelvin Banks Jr. and Hayden Connor.<\/p>\n<p>There was a question of whether Ewers would opt to continue playing at the college level. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/story\/sports\/college\/longhorns\/football\/2025\/01\/15\/quinn-ewers-nfl-draft-texas-football\/77664190007\/#:~:text=Despite%20a%20report%20that%20he,for%20both%20Ewers%20and%20Texas.\">Reports started circulating<\/a> at the end of December about Ewers being offered $6 million in the transfer portal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ewers will end his college career with 737 completions, 9,128 passing yards and 68 passing touchdowns\u2013putting him just behind quarterbacks Colt McCoy and Sam Ehlinger in each of those statistics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ewers also led the team to back-to-back College Football Playoff appearances.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m truly thankful for the opportunity to play football in my home state at the best university in the world,\u201d Ewers said in the video announcement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Texas native attended Southlake Carroll\u2013a Dallas-area high school\u2013and took his team to the 6A Division I state championship game during the 2020 season. Ewers ended up losing that game to Westlake High School\u2013an Austin-area school.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Before becoming the starter at Texas, Ewers briefly attended Ohio State, who already had a star quarterback in CJ Stroud. Ewers transferred to Texas hoping to get the starting job quicker.<\/p>\n<p>Here are all the Longhorns that have, so far, declared for the draft ahead of Wednesday\u2019s deadline:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quinn Ewers (quarterback)<\/li>\n<li>Jake Majors (center)<\/li>\n<li>Hayden Conner (offensive lineman)<\/li>\n<li>Kelvin Banks Jr. (offensive lineman)<\/li>\n<li>Cameron Williams (offensive lineman)<\/li>\n<li>Gunnar Helm (tight end)<\/li>\n<li>Matthew Golden (wide receiver)<\/li>\n<li>Isaiah Bond (wide receiver)<\/li>\n<li>Jaydon Blue (running back)<\/li>\n<li>Velton Gardner (running back)<\/li>\n<li>David Gbenda (linebacker)<\/li>\n<li>Alfred Collins (defensive lineman)<\/li>\n<li>Vernon Broughton (defensive lineman)<\/li>\n<li>Bill Norton (defensive lineman)<\/li>\n<li>Gavin Holmes (defensive back)<\/li>\n<li>Andrew Mukuba (defensive back)<\/li>\n<li>Morice Blackwell Jr. (linebacker)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The 2025 NFL Draft begins on April 24 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers has officially declared for the NFL draft. 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