EXCLUSIVE NEWS: A deep dive into Quinn Ewers’ return; UT’s 10 most difficult players to replace

This week’s Insider takes a closer look at the significance of Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers’ decision to return in 2024 and the 10 most difficult UT players to replace starting in 2023.
Chip Brown Chip Brown 50 minutes VIP 2 After a crazy week of Longhorn football news, quarterback Quinn Ewers will redshirt and return to Texas on January 11th.
We will deeply consider the meaning of the announcement.
Strong culture, consistency, and growth are essential to building a championship program.
Ewers has represented all of these traits for the Longhorns heading into his third season in Austin.
From his freshman year at Texas, where he completed 58 percent of his passes while learning how to digest Steve Sarkisian’s offense and attack defenses, to his sophomore year, when he completed 69 percent in his first year back.
Ewers showed visible progress in the fourth quarter of a 34-24 win at Alabama, setting the Big 12 title game record for passing yards (452) and Texas’ first conference record since 2009.
He helped win the title and tied with UT, which is about to return for the season, in its first college football game.
Participated in the playoffs.
According to Pro Football Focus, Ewers was the highest-graded player in the state of Texas with a grade of 81.
1 in the Longhorns’ CFP semifinal loss to Washington in the Sugar Bowl (a PFF grade of 70.
0 or above is considered above average).
).
Defensive tackle Byron Murphy was second (78.
9 points).
One of Ewers’ most impressive performances in 2023 came in Texas’ 34-30 loss to Oklahoma.
In that time, he overcame three turnovers and completed 26 of his final 28 passes, including a school-record 19 consecutive passes.
Ewers led Texas from a 10-point deficit, 27-17, in the third quarter to take a 30-27 lead with 1:444 left in 17 minutes before OU’s five-play, 75-yard drive got within 15 of the game-winning touchdown.
brought about.
It ended with just a few seconds left in regulation.
“He has experience playing in the College Football Playoff and believes he still has work to do before leaving Texas,” a source close to Ewers told Horns247.
“The Big 12 title was really important to him — it really is — but he wants to continue to help build the program.
“How important it is to him to be a Longhorn.
I don’t know if people understand that there is.
He wants to do everything he can to move the program forward.
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