Texas lands QB Quinn Ewers: After one season at Ohio State, former No. 1 player commits to Steve Sarkisian

Midfielder Quinn Ewers, one of the highest rated rookies of all time, is moving in Texas, he announced Sunday. Ewers transferred after redshirting a year at Ohio State.

Ewers narrowed his decision down to Texas and Texas Technology in his final days and visited Austin, Texas, on Saturday. The Longhorns staged a big recruiting day for Ewers and five-star attacking midfielder Kelvin Banks, who has moved from Oregon to Texas after the Ducks’ changed coaches.

Ewers had previously committed to Texas under previous coach Tom Herman. However, he resigned in October 2020 and moved to Ohio State a few weeks later, a move that proved to be the beginning of the end of Herman’s tenure at Texas.

The acquisition is a significant development for Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian, who has struggled with his worst first-year coach’s season at UT since Dana X. Bible in 1937 Texas lost 5-7 and lost six consecutive games for the first time. since 1956.

Longhorns rotate midfield Casey Thompson and Hudson Card, but both struggle to build a lot of consistency. Thompson and Card combined for 2,705 yards, 29 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. The card opened the scoring, but Thompson started most of the season despite a thumb injury mid-season.

Ewers was originally an employer in the Class of 2022, but graduated early from Southlake (Texas) Carroll to enroll early at Ohio State and take advantage of NIL opportunities. He played just two seconds after joining the Buckeyes in August. Ewers his transfer announcement after one season on December 3. He led Carroll to the 6A Division I State Championship in 2020.