Quinn Ewers is going from the Buckeyes to the Longhorns.
Just nine days after entering the transfer portal, the former Ohio State quarterback announced his commitment to Texas on Sunday night.
Hey Alexa play Take Me to Texas by @GeorgeStrait #HookEm pic.twitter.com/OX8B08XtV8
— Quinn Ewers (@QuinnEwers) December 13, 2021
It’s a reversal of the decision Ewers made in 2020, when he originally committed to the Longhorns in August but ended up decommitting from the Longhorns in October and committing to the Buckeyes in November.
Originally a member of the recruiting class of 2022, Ewers reclassified into the recruiting class of 2021 and arrived at Ohio State in August. He stayed with the Buckeyes for less than four months, however, before entering the transfer portal on Dec. 3. Now, he’ll be joining the Longhorns for the 2022 season, as was the plan when he originally committed to Texas before his junior year of high school.
The No. 1 overall prospect in the class of 2021 following his reclassification, Ewers will be expected to immediately compete for the starting quarterback job in Austin after playing just two snaps and attempting zero passes in his lone season at Ohio State. Texas had two starting quarterbacks in 2021, Casey Thompson and Hudson Card, and neither one excelled, leaving the door wide open for Ewers to seize the starting job in 2022.
Had Ewers remained at Ohio State, he was in line to remain a backup for another year behind C.J. Stroud and would have had to compete with fellow five-star recruit Kyle McCord for the starting quarterback job in 2023.
A native of Southlake, Texas, Ewers also made visits to Texas Tech and TCU after entering the transfer portal, but ultimately chose to join his home state’s flagship program, which will be looking to get back on track in Steve Sarkisian’s second season as head coach in 2022 after going just 5-7 in 2021.
Ohio State is scheduled to host Texas in its 2025 season opener, but that would require Ewers staying in college through his fifth-year senior season, making it unlikely he will face off against his former school as a Longhorn unless Ohio State and Texas meet in a postseason game in the nearer future.
